Efficient ortho-oxidation of phenols with diacyl peroxides
M Tada, R Ishiguro, R Izumi
Index: Tada, Masahiro; Ishiguro, Risa; Izumi, Ryohei Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2008 , vol. 56, # 3 p. 239 - 242
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Abstract
A stable symmetric diacyl peroxide, m-chlorobenzoyl peroxide (mCBPO), and an asymmetric diacyl peroxide, chloroacetyl m-chlorobenzoyl peroxide (CAMCBPO), were synthesized from m-chloroperbenzoic acid. Both peroxides oxidized phenols selectively at the ortho position predoninantly. CAMCBPO gave para-oxidized compounds as minor products from some phenols. The improvement of the yield of ortho-oxidation of phenols with mCBPO was also ...
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