Ruthenium catalyzed oxidation of tertiary nitrogen compounds with molecular oxygen: an easy access to N-oxides under mild conditions.
A variety of tertiary nitrogen compounds have been efficiently oxidized to their corresponding N-oxides in excellent yields with molecular oxygen as a sole oxidant and ruthenium trichloride as catalyst.
Chemical and Biosciences Division, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun-248 005, India.
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