Ruthenium Catalysts and Fine Chemistry (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry (11))

Molecular ruthenium catalysts, during the last decade, have provided new indispensable synthetic methods that cannot be promoted by other catalysts, and they now constitute an emerging field for the selective preparation of fine chemicals. The major reaction types for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation, most of them with atom economy, are comprehensively discussed by leading experts. The authors highlight the most important discoveries in ruthenium catalysis and propose activation processes, some of them being still controversial. They illustrate the innovation and usefulness in organic synthesis of specific reactions including carbocyclization, cyclopropanation, olefin metathesis, carbonylation, oxidation, transformation of silicon containing substrates, and show novel reactions operating via vinylidene intermediates, radical processes, inert bonds activation as well as catalysis in water. Therefore, the reader will receive a balanced view of this rapidly developing field. Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–C Bond Formation....Pages 1-44 Activation of Inert C–H Bonds....Pages 45-79 Cyclopropanation with Ruthenium Catalysts....Pages 81-92 Recent Advances in Alkene Metathesis....Pages 93-124 Ruthenium Vinylidenes and Allenylidenes in Catalysis....Pages 125-153 Ruthenium-Promoted Radical Processes Toward Fine Chemistry....Pages 155-171 Selective Carbonylations with Ruthenium Catalysts....Pages 173-195 Synthesis of Silicon Derivatives with Ruthenium Catalysts....Pages 197-248 Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds....Pages 249-276 Oxidation Using Ruthenium Catalysts....Pages 277-320 Ruthenium-Catalyzed Organic Synthesis in Aqueous Media....Pages 321-336