Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Oxidation of ketone by palladium (II). α-Hydroxyketone synthesis catalyzed by a bimetallic palladium (II) complex

AK El-Qisairi, HA Qaseer

Index: El-Qisairi, Arab K; Qaseer, Hanan A Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 659, # 1-2 p. 50 - 55

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Abstract

A bimetallic palladium (II) complex containing a triketone ligand and a bridging dinitrogen ligand oxidizes ketones in aqueous THF to α-hydroxyketone by a direct air oxidation. While the normal synthesis of α-hydroxyketones involves a series of reactions, this synthesis performs the transformation in one step in a catalytic air oxidation. This synthesis does not involve an olefin and is almost unprecedented in transition metal catalysis. Its main virtue ...