Selenium-Catalyzed Oxidations with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide. 2. Baeyer−Villiger Reactions in Homogeneous Solution1

2001/02/28 by Gerd‐Jan ten Brink, Jan‐Martijn Vis, Isabel W. C. E. Arends +1 · 2 citations
Materials Science · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · #Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis #Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry #Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

paper · doi:10.1021/jo0057710

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Abstract

Several diselenides were tested for catalytic activity in Baeyer-Villiger reactions with 60% aqueous hydrogen peroxide. Bis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] diselenide forms the corresponding 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene seleninic acid in situ, which is a highly reactive and selective catalyst for the oxidation of carbonyl compounds in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, or dichloromethane.

Citations

• Selenium catalysed oxidations with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. Part I: epoxidation reactions in homogeneous solution

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