Room temperature oxidation of alcohols with 1 atm dioxygen and air catalyzed by a novel three-dimensional microporous ruthenium(II,III) 4,4′4,4′(21H,23H-porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl) tetrakisbenzoate tetrafluoroborate

A novel three-dimensional microporous ruthenium (II,III) polymer complex, [Ru-2(II,III)(H2TCPP)]BF4 (1) (H2TCPP = 4,4',4',4'- (21H,23H-porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl)tetrakis benzoic acid) was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, TG/DTA, magnetic susceptibility, FT-IR, diffuse reflectance UV-Vis, ESR, X-ray powder diffraction, BET analysis, and nitrogen and oxygen adsorption measurements. Complex 1 exhibited an effective catalytic performance for the heterogeneous oxidation of various types of alcohols, particularly primary aliphatic alcohols, with molecular oxygen and air without any additives at room temperature. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.