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The kinetics of alkene oxidation by a series of isostructural trans-dioxoruthenium(VI) complexes with E°(RuVI–RuV) ranging from 0.23 to 0.7 V vs. saturated calomel electrode has been investigated in acetonitrile. The experimental rate law is rate =k2[RuVI][alkene]. A linear free-energy relationship between log k2 and E°(RuVI–RuV) for the oxidation of styrene and norbornene has been observed. Both steric and electronic effects of alkenes as well as the E° of the dioxoruthenium(VI) complexes affect the rate constants. For the oxidation of para-substituted styrenes, a linear Hammett plot of log k2versusσ+ for the para substituents with a ρ value of –2.1 was found. A charge-transfer mechanism alone is insufficient to explain the experimental findings.
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