Electronic spectroscopy has been used to ascertain the nature of the oxoruthenates present in a number of organic oxidations catalysed by ruthenium complexes reported in the literature. The utility of oxoruthenates as catalysts with [Fe(CN)6] 3-as co-oxidant for the conversion of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids and secondary alcohols to ketones has been assessed.
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