Oxidative cleavage of styrene with oxygen catalysed by phosphinoruthenium(II) complexes
Highly selective oxidative cleavage of styrene by dioxygen has been achieved in mild conditions and in the presence of catalytic amounts of ClO4 or trans- (DPP=1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane).
Bonaldo, Moreno,Borin, Fabrizio,Bressan, Mario,Morvillo, Antonio