Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and oxidative cascade reactions with aqueous hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by lipophilic Li[B(C6F5)4] and Ca[B(C6F5)4]2.
Efficient and selective: Two lipophilic catalysts were used for Baeyer-Villiger (BV) oxidations to give lactones in high yields. Cascade reactions involving this BV oxidation were used to selectively obtain either unsaturated carboxylic acids or hydroxylactones in high yields from β-silyl cyclohexanones.
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Muhammet
M
Uyanik
Daisuke
D
Nakashima
Kazuaki
K
Ishihara