Abstract
Water‐soluble ruthenium(III) aqua complexes supported by the Kläui tripodal ligand [Co(η5‐C5H5){P(O)(OEt)2}3]– (LOEt–) have been synthesized and structurally characterized, and their use as catalysts for C–H oxidation in water has been studied. The treatment of [Ru(LOEt)Cl2(MeCN)] with N‐donor ligands afforded the adducts [Ru(LOEt)Cl2(L)] (L = tBuNH2 (1), pyridine (2), imidazole (3)). Refluxing [Ru(LOEt)Cl2(MeCN)] in neat tBuNH2 gave the amidine complex [Ru(LOEt)Cl2{N(H)C(Me)NHtBu}] (4). Chloride abstraction of 1–3 with AgOTs (OTs = tosylate) in 1 M p‐toluenesulfonic acid afforded the water‐soluble RuIII diaqua complexes [Ru(LOEt)(H2O)2(L)](OTs)2 (L= tBuNH2 (5), pyridine (6), imidazole (7)), whereas that for 4 yielded the triaqua complex [Ru(LOEt)(H2O)3](OTs)2 (8). The crystal structures of 4, 5, 7, and 8 have been determined. The reduction of 5 with Zn dust in D2O gave a diamagnetic RuII species, whereas that in MeCN led to isolation of the RuII acetonitrile complex [RuII(LOEt)(MeCN)2(tBuNH2)](PF6) (9), which has been characterized by X‐ray diffraction. The RuIII aqua complexes proved to be moderately efficient catalysts for C–H bond oxidation with tert‐butyl hydroperoxide in water. For example, the oxidation of ethylbenzene with tert‐butyl hydroperoxide in water at room temperature in the presence of 0.1 mol‐% of 8 afforded acetophenone in ca. 62 % yield.
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