Chemistry letters

Facile Synthesis of. ALPHA.-Keto Carbonyl Compounds by Indirect Anodic Oxidation.

H Maekawa, Y Ishino, I Nishiguchi

Index: Maekawa, Hirofumi; Ishino, Yoshio; Nishiguchi, Ikuzo Chemistry Letters, 1994 , # 6 p. 1017 - 1020

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Abstract

Secondary alcohols having a carbonyl group at the neighboring carbon atom were electrochemically oxidized to the corresponding α-keto carbonyl compounds in good yields. Thus, aromatic α-hydroxyl esters were easily transformed to arylglyoxylates in excellent yields using an undivided cell while efficient anodic oxidation of α-hydroxyl ketones and aliphatic α-hydroxyl esters successfully proceeded in a divided cell to give the ...