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Oxidations by the reagent O 2-H 2 O 2-vanadium complex-pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid Part 7. Hydroperoxidation of higher alkanes

GB Shul'pin, MC Guerreiro, U Schuchardt

Index: Shul'pin, Georgiy B.; Guerreiro, Mario C.; Schuchardt, Ulf Tetrahedron, 1996 , vol. 52, # 41 p. 13051 - 13062

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Abstract

Alkanes (n-heptane, 2-and 3-methylhexane, cis-and trans-decalin) are readily oxidized under air in acetonitrile by the O2-H2O2-PCA-VO3− reagent at room temperature to produce alkyl hydroperoxides as main products as well as minor amounts of the corresponding alcohols and carbonyl compounds. The site selectivities of the reactions are very similar to those observed with hydroxylation of the alkanes with hydrogen peroxide under UV ...