Efficient and selective copper-catalyzed organic solvent-free and biphasic oxidation of aromatic gem-disubstituted alkenes to carbonyl compounds by tert-butyl hydroperoxide at room temperature

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 3013-3017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Munkir Hossain ◽  
Wei-Kai Huang ◽  
Hung-Jie Chen ◽  
Pei-Han Wang ◽  
Shin-Guang Shyu

Biphasic Cu(ii) catalyzed selective oxidative cleavage of aromatic gem-disubstituted alkenes to carbonyl compounds using tert-butyl hydroperoxide at room temperature.

Author(s):  
V. V. Chapurkin ◽  
S. V. Chapurkin

By the interaction of fluorine-substituted aromatic carbonyl compounds with tert-butyl hydroperoxide, hydroxyhydroperoxides were obtained whose non-fluorinated analogues were not obtained due to their instability. Synthesized peroxides are of interest as initiators of fluororubber structuring.


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