Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.132, No.36, 12550-12551, 2010
Cp-star Iridium Complexes Give Catalytic Alkane Hydroxylation with Retention of Stereochemistry
A series of (CpIr)-Ir-star complexes can catalyze C-H oxidation, with ceric ammonium nitrate as the terminal oxidant and water as the source of oxygen. Remarkably the hydroxylation of cis-decalin and 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane proceeds with retention of stereochemistry. With H2O18, cis-decalin oxidation gave O-18 incorporation into the product cis-decalol.