In the last years ruthenium tetroxide is increasingly being used in organic synthesis. Thanks
to the fine tuning of the reaction conditions, including pH control of the medium and the use …

Since its introduction into organic chemistry more than fifty years ago, RuO 4 has been used
mainly as a strong oxidizing agent. Owing to its high reactivity, catalytic reactions employing …

The oxidation of some representative 1, 5-dienes based on the geraniol and nerol carbon
skeletons, namely geranyl acetate (1), geranic acid methyl ester (5), trans, trans-2, 6 …

Carboxylic acids and diacids were synthesized from monoenic fatty acids by using RuO4
catalysis, under ultrasonic irradiation, in various mixtures of solvents. Ultrasound associated …

Saturated oxygen heterocycles - Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 (RSC
Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B007290G Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious …

The following account describes our work on the development and utilisation of the directed
dihydroxylation reaction. Our preliminary thoughts and experiments are described, as is the …

Dimethyl carbonate (DMC)–water is an environmentally benign solvent system for ruthenium
tetraoxide oxidations of various substrates including alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols …

The development and application of novel methods for accomplishing the synthesis of
heterocycles via osmium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization onto an alkene is described in this …

cis-2, 5-Disubstituted tetrahydrofurans constitute the core of several natural products and
synthetic analogues which exhibit a broad and interesting range of biological activities. This …

A computational study is reported here on the mechanism of tetrahydrofuran (THF)-diol
formation from the Os (VI)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of 5, 6-dihydroxyalkene ligated …