cis-Dioxoruthenium(VI) complex [(Me
3tacn)(CF
3CO
2)Ru
VIO
2]ClO
4 (
1, Me
3tacn = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) reacted with alkenes in aqueous
tert-butyl alcohol to afford
cis-1,2-diols in excellentyields under ambient conditions. When the reactions of
1 with alkenes were conducted in acetonitrile,oxidative C=C cleavage reaction prevailed giving carbonyl products in >90% yields without any
cis-diolformation. The alkene
cis-dihydroxylation and C=C cleavage reactions proceed via the formation of a [3+ 2] cycloadduct between
1 and alkenes, analogous to the related reactions with alkynes [Che et al.
J.Am. Chem. Soc.
2000,
122, 11380]. With cyclooctene and
trans-
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-methylstyrene as substrates, the Ru(III)cycloadducts
28230a10001">[(Me3tacn)(CF3CO2)R2823000000">uIIIO(H)CH(CH2)6HCO]ClO4 (
4a) and
28230a10002">[(Me3tacn)(CF3CO2)R2823000000">uIIIO(H)PhCHCH(CH3)O]ClO4 (
4b) were isolated and structurally characterized by X-ray crystal analyses. Thekinetics of the reactions of
1 with a series of
p-substituted styrenes has been studied in acetonitrile bystopped-flow spectrophotometry. The second-order rate constants varied by 14-fold despite an overall spanof 1.3 V for the one-electron oxidation potentials of alkenes. Secondary kinetic isotope effect (KIE) wasobserved for the oxidation of
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-
d2-styrene (
kH/
kD = 0.83 ± 0.04) and
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-deuteriostyrene (
kH/
kD = 0.96 ±0.03), which, together with the stereoselectivity of
cis-alkene oxidation by
1, is in favor of a concertedmechanism.