Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Cycloalkanones with In Situ Generated Hydrogen Peroxide from Alcohols and Molecular Oxygen Using NHPI as a Key Catalyst

K Kamae, Y Obora, Y Ishii

Index: Kamae, Kenichiro; Obora, Yasushi; Ishii, Yasutaka Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2009 , vol. 82, # 7 p. 891 - 895

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 8

Abstract

One-pot Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cycloalkanones was successfully achieved by allowing them to react with hydrogen peroxide generated in situ from benzhydrol and molecular oxygen assisted by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and 2, 2′-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN). This method provides an alternative synthetic route to lactones from cycloalkanones using sec-alcohols and molecular oxygen assisted by NHPI.