Ruthenium(iii)-promoted oxidative dimerization of aniline to N-phenyl-1,2-phenylenediimine. Definitive proof for the template reaction

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Kedar Nath Mitra, Partha Majumdar, Shie-Ming Peng, Alfonso Castinẽiras and Sreebrata Goswami


Abstract

Two novel examples of ruthenium-promoted oxidative ortho-dimerization of aniline are described which demonstrate that the dimerization reaction proceeds via coordination of anilines to the metal ion.


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