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Ruthenium bis(bipyridine) sulfoxide complexes: new catalysts for alkene epoxidation

Frédéric Pezet, Hassan Aït‐Haddou, Jean‐Claude Daran, Isabelle Sasaki, G.G.A. Balavoine

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The ruthenium bis(bipyridine) sulfoxide complexes Ru-1 and Ru-2 exhibit high catalytic activity for epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins in the presence of [bis(acetoxy)iodo]benzene; with the chiral catalyst, Ru-2, asymmetric induction up to 94% was observed for beta-methylstyrene.

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Key concepts: Ruthenium, Sulfoxide, Catalysis, Chemistry, Bipyridine, 2,2'-Bipyridine, Alkene, Benzene