Tetrahedron Letters

Microwave-assisted selenium dioxide mediated selective oxidation of 1-tetralones to 1, 2-naphthoquinones

DM Gelman, P Perlmutter

Index: Gelman, Danny M.; Perlmutter, Patrick Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 1 p. 39 - 40

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Abstract

We report an improved procedure for the selective transformation of substituted 1-tetralones to 1, 2-naphthoquinones by microwave-assisted selenium dioxide oxidation. The reaction time is effectively reduced from hours to seconds without any loss of yield (40–70%) or selectivity.