Nitroarene catalyzed oxidation with sodium percarbonate or sodium perborate as the terminal oxidant

HR Bjørsvik, JAV Merinero, L Liguori

Index: Bjorsvik, Hans-Rene; Merinero, Jose Angel Vedia; Liguori, Lucia Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 47 p. 8615 - 8620

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Abstract

A new catalytic oxidation method for the preparation of aromatic carboxylic acids from methyl aryl ketones is reported. The method is an alternative to the haloform reaction; it is benign and affords the desired product without production of any harmful side products. The catalytic cycle is based on the use of an electron-deficient nitroarene as catalyst with either of the two cheap and green oxidants sodium percarbonate or sodium perborate. The ...