Abstract
Reactions of Ru3(CO)12 with 6‐methyl‐2‐pyridinyl‐ethanol ligands 6‐CH3‐2‐PyCH2CR1R2OH [R1H, R22‐CH3OC6H4 (L1H); R1H, R22‐CF3C6H4 (L2H); R1R2CH3 (L3H); and R1H, R22,6‐(CH3O)2C6H3 (L4H)] in refluxing THF afforded the corresponding trinuclear ruthenium clusters (6‐CH3‐2‐PyCH2CR1R2O)(μ2‐H)Ru3(CO)9 [R1H, R22‐CH3OC6H4 (1); R1H, R22‐CF3C6H4 (2); R1R2CH3 (3); and R1H, R22,6‐(CH3O)2C6H3 (4)], respectively. All the four new clusters were well characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H, and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. Furthermore, their crystal structures were determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. The ruthenium clusters were proved to be efficient catalysts for the oxidation of saturated CH bonds with tert‐butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the oxidant in CH3CN/H2O (1:4) at room temperature.
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