Chemistry Letters

Cobalt (II) Porphyrin-Catalyzed Oxidation of Olefins to Ketones with Molecular Oxygen and Triethylsilane in 2-Propanol.

Y Matsushita, T Matsui, K Sugamoto

Index: Matsushita, Yoh-ichi; Matsui, Takanao; Sugamoto, Kazuhiro Chemistry Letters, 1992 , # 7 p. 1381 - 1384

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Abstract

An efficient conversion of olefins to ketones was achieved by the use of molecular oxygen and triethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of cobalt (II) complex of porphyrin. The oxidation was accelerated remarkably in alcohols and had chemoselectivity for conjugated olefins.