Tetrahedron Letters

Copper-triethanolamine complex as efficient and active catalyst for selective oxidation of alkylarenes to phenyl ketones by tert-butylhydroperoxide

M Zhu, X Wei, B Li, Y Yuan

Index: Zhu, Mingxia; Wei, Xin; Li, Bodong; Yuan, Youzhu Tetrahedron Letters, 2007 , vol. 48, # 52 p. 9108 - 9111

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Abstract

Several types of alkylarenes were selectively oxidized to the corresponding α-phenyl ketones in moderate to good selectivities and conversions using tert-butylhydroperoxide in the presence of a tetranuclear copper-triethanolamine complex under mild reaction conditions.