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Methyltrioxorhenium catalyzed oxidation of 1, 2-diols to 1, 2-diketones using hydrogen peroxide as oxidant

SL Jain, VB Sharma, B Sain

Index: Jain, Suman L.; Sharma, Vishal B.; Sain, Bir Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 6 p. 1233 - 1235

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Abstract

The methyltrioxorhenium (MTO)/hydrogen peroxide oxidation system first reported by Herrmann and Kuhn 1 in 1991 for the epoxidation of olefins has proved to be an efficient and versatile system for various oxidation reactions. 2 The important features of the use of MTO as a catalyst are its ease of synthesis, commercial availability, stability in air and efficiency in acting as a homogeneous catalyst for oxidation using hydrogen peroxide in both aqueous and organic solvents. The ...