Russian Journal of General Chemistry

Oxidation of 2-acetoxytoluene with ozone in acetic anhydride

AG Galstyan

Index: Galstyan Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 78, # 9 p. 1690 - 1694

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Abstract

Abstract Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of ozone with 2-acetoxytoluene in acetic anhydride in the presence of sulfuric acid were studied. It was shown that the prevailing reaction route under these conditions is ozonolysis (89%), and the selectivity of the oxidation of the substrate by the methyl group is no higher 9%. However, in the presence of manganese (II) sulfate as a catalyst, the selectivity increases to 76%. The major reaction ...