A Rapid and Efficient Synthesis of Quinone Derivatives: Ru (II)??or Ir (I)??Catalyzed Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidation of Phenols and Methoxyarenes

S Iwasa, A Fakhruddin, HS Widagdo…

Index: Iwasa, Seiji; Fakhruddin, Ahmad; Widagdo, Herman Setyo; Nishiyama, Hisao Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2005 , vol. 347, # 4 p. 517 - 520

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Abstract

Abstract Hydroquinone and methoxybenzene derivatives were catalytically oxidized promptly to the corresponding quinones in up to 99% yield. With a catalyst loading of 0.01 mol%, a maximum TON of 8.4× 10 3 was attained in the case of Ru (II)-complex. Ru (II)(pybox-dh)(pydic) is able to enhance the hydrogen peroxide oxidation of substituted hydroquinones as well as methoxybenzenes, but Ir [(coe) 2 Cl] 2 and Ir [(cod) Cl] 2 were ...