Abstract
This article describes the preparation and characterization of cis-[Ru(bipy)
2
L](ClO
4
)
2
and trans-[RuCl
2
L
2
] · Cl (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridyl and L = ortho-phenylenediamine (o-phd), 2-aminopyridine (2-apy) and 2-aminobenzonitrile (2-abn), and examines the catalytic oxidations of benzyl alcohol, benzohydrol and pipronyl alcohol by cis-[Ru(bipy)
2
(o-phd)](ClO
4
)
2
and trans-[RuCl
2
(o-phd)
2
] · Cl complexes at room temperature and in the presence of N-methyl morpholine-N-oxide (NMO) as co-oxidant.