Studies on Substituted Aromatic Diselenides as Catalysts for Selective Alcohol Oxidation Using tert??Butyl Hydroperoxide

JC van der Toorn, G Kemperman…

Index: Van Der Toorn, John C.; Kemperman, Gerjan; Sheldon, Roger A.; Arends, Isabel W. C. E. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , # 23 p. 4345 - 4352

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Abstract We have investigated the Ph 2 Se 2-catalysed oxidation of alcohols with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) by using a variety of spectroscopic techniques and reaction calorimetry. We showed that the active oxidant is benzeneseleninic anhydride (BSA), formed by reaction of Ph 2 Se 2 with TBHP. The influence of aromatic substituents on the activity of a selection of nine aromatic diselenides involved in alcohol oxidations was studied. ...