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Synthesis of Silyl Monoperoxyketals by Regioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Peroxidation of Silyl Enol Ethers: Application to the Synthesis of 1, 2-Dioxolanes

B Hurlocker, MR Miner, KA Woerpel

Index: Kandur, Wynne V.; Richert, Kathleen J.; Rieder, Curtis J.; Thomas, Andrew M.; Hu, Chunhua; Ziller, Joseph W.; Woerpel Organic Letters, 2014 , vol. 16, # 10 p. 2650 - 2653

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Abstract

The cobalt-catalyzed peroxidation of silyl enol ethers with molecular oxygen and triethylsilane provided silyl monoperoxyketals in 54%–96% yield. These compounds serve as precursors to peroxycarbenium ions, which undergo annulations to provide 1, 2-