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Oxygenation of Tetrahydrofurans with Combined Use of Molecular Oxygen and. ALPHA.-Diketone Catalyzed by Cobalt (III) Complex.

E Hata, T Takai, T Mukaiyama

Index: Hata, Eiichiro; Takai, Toshihiro; Mukaiyama, Teruaki Chemistry Letters, 1993 , # 9 p. 1513 - 1516

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Abstract

In the presence of a catalytic amount of cobalt (III) complex such as tris (acetylacetonato) cobalt (III), tetrahydrofurans are oxygenated into the corresponding γ-butyrolactones under mild conditions on treatment with an atmospheric pressure of molecular oxygen and α- diketones having hydrogen atom next to the carbonyl carbon.