Iron porphyrin-catalyzed oxidation of 1, 2-dimethoxyarenes: a discussion of the different reactions involved and the competition between the formation of …

I Artaud, K Ben-Aziza, D Mansuy

Index: Artaud, Isabelle; Ben-Aziza, Khaled; Mansuy, Daniel Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 12 p. 3373 - 3380

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Abstract

This paper describes the oxidation of an a,@-diarylpropane lignin dimer model and other dimethoxyarenes by several iron porphyrin-based biomimetic systems. From l-(3, 4- dimethoxyphenyl)-2-phenylpropanol (l), three types of products are identified: the 3, 4- dimethoxybenzaldehyde derived from the C,-C, cleavage of the propyl side chain and either quinones or muconic dimethyl esters resulting from oxidations at the level of the ...