Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.3, 268-269, 2001
Nitrous oxide oxidation of olefins catalyzed by ruthenium porphyrin complexes
In the presence of a catalytic amount of dioxo(tetramesitylporphyrinato)ruthenium(VI) complex, nitrous oxide (N2O) oxidized trisubstituted olefins into the corresponding epoxides in good-to-high yields with high selectivities.