Tetrahedron letters

Oxydation selective en para des phenols par un complexe cuivrique oxydant

P Capdevielle, M Maumy

Index: Capdevielle, Patrice; Maumy, Michel Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 50 p. 5611 - 5614

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Citation Number: 36

Abstract

Abstract Oxidation of phenols by molecular oxygen in the presence of the μ-oxo cupric catalyst Cu 4 Cl 4 O 2 (CH 3-CN) 3 (A), can be selectively directed to give either oxidative coupling or para-hydroxylation (p-quinols or p-quinones) products by the choice of the (A)/(phenol) ratio. The mechanism is discussed and a-OH ligand transfer from Cu II to the phenolic para position is proposed.