Journal of the American Chemical Society

Reactions of Active Methylene Compounds in Pyridine Solution. I. The Ionic Autoxidation of Fluorene and its Derivatives1

Y Sprinzak

Index: Sprinzak Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958 , vol. 80, p. 5449,5452

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Citation Number: 84

Abstract

Fluorenes are oxidized smoothly by oxygen to fluorenones in pyridine solution and in the presence of benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide. This high reactivity is attributed to the presence of appreciable concentration of carbanions, recognizable by the color of their solutions. The reaction provides a convenient method for the preparation in high yields of oxygen compounds belonging to the above three classes. Low temperature oxidation of 2, ...