cis-1,2-Aminohydroxylation of Alkenes Involving a Catalytic Cycle of Osmium(III) and Osmium(V) Centers: Os(V)(O)(NHTs) Active Oxidant with a Macrocyclic Tetradentate Ligand.

Catalytic activity of [Os(III)(OH)(H2O)(L-N4Me2)](PF6)2 (1: L-N4Me2 = N,N'-dimethyl-2,11-diaza-[3,3](2,6)pyridinophane) in 1,2-cis-aminohydroxylation of alkenes with sodium N-chloro-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (chloramine-T) is explored. Simple alkenes as well as those containing several types of substituents are converted to the corresponding 1,2-aminoalcohols in modest to high yields. The aminoalcohol products have exclusively cis conformation with respect to the introduced -OH and -NHTs groups.