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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Simple and Practical Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Catalyzed by a (μ-Oxo)tetraruthenium Cluster

  AUTHORS: Teruyuki Kondo, Yu Kimura, Takashi Kanda, Daisuke Takagi, Kenji Wada, Akio Toshimitsu

  KEYWORDS: Ruthenium, Cluster, Catalyst, Aerobic Oxidation, Alcohol

  JOURNAL NAME: Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Vol.1 No.4, November 16, 2011

  ABSTRACT: A (μ-oxo)tetraruthenium cluster showed high catalytic activity for a simple and practical aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones under 1 atm of O2 or air. After the reaction, this cluster catalyst was re- covered from the reaction mixture, and we believe that this (μ-oxo)tetraruthenium cluster acts as an active catalytic species throughout the reaction.