Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Mechanistic studies on fluorocyclohexene conversion to fluorobenzene under Pd-catalyzed dehydrogenation

M Tojo, S Fukuoka, H Tsukube

Index: Tojo, Masahiro; Fukuoka, Shinsuke; Tsukube, Hiroshi Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2011 , vol. 337, # 1-2 p. 89 - 94

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Abstract

The chemical reactivity and reaction mechanism of fluorobenzene formation by dehydrogenation of fluorocyclohexenes was investigated. 1-Fluorocyclohexene reacted with oxidants such as nitrobenzene and oxygen to give fluorobenzene in good yields under moderate conditions in the presence of a Pd catalyst. A detailed comparison of oxidative dehydrogenation with non-oxidative dehydrogenation proved that the oxidants effectively ...