title: Cp* iridium complexes give catalytic alkane hydroxylation with retention of stereochemistry.
abstract: A series of Cp*Ir 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 H(2)O(18), cis-decalin oxidation gave (18)O incorporation into the product cis-decalol.
authors: Chemistry Department, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
authors: Meng
authors: M
authors: Zhou
authors: Nathan D
authors: ND
authors: Schley
authors: Robert H
authors: RH
authors: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D002563:Cerium / Q000737:chemistry; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000473:Alkanes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002563:Cerium; D007495:Iridium; C004653:ceric ammonium nitrate