Ketone–Alcohol Hydrogen??Transfer Equilibria: Is the Biooxidation of Halohydrins Blocked?

FR Bisogno, E García??Urdiales…

Index: Bisogno, Fabricio R.; Garcia-Urdiales, Eduardo; Valdes, Haydee; Lavandera, Ivan; Kroutil, Wolfgang; Suarez, Dimas; Gotor, Vicente Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010 , vol. 16, # 36 p. 11012 - 11019

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Abstract

Abstract To ensure the quasi-irreversibility of the oxidation of alcohols coupled with the reduction of ketones in a hydrogen-transfer (HT) fashion, stoichiometric amounts of α-halo carbonyl compounds have been employed as hydrogen acceptors. The reason that these substrates lead to quasi-quantitative conversions has been tacitly attributed to both thermodynamic and kinetic effects. To provide a clear rationale for this behavior, we ...