Substituent effect in o-nitroperbenzoic acid oxidation of m-and p-substituted acetophenones

K Token, K Hirano, T Yokoyama, K Goto

Index: Token, Katsuo; Hirano, Kenji; Yokoyama, Tai; Goto, Katsumi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1991 , vol. 64, # 9 p. 2766 - 2771

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Abstract

The Baeyer–Villiger reaction of m-and p-substituted acetophenones (substituents: H, p-MeO, pt-Bu, pi-Pr, p-Et, p-Me, p-Cl, p-Br, m-MeO, m-Me, m-Cl) with o-nitroperbenzoic acid was studied in chloroform at 30° C. The rate constants for the general acid catalysis were measured at several concentrations of o-nitrobenzoic acid which acted as an acid catalyst. The uncatalyzed and acid-catalyzed rate constants obtained afforded ρ values of− 2.16 ...