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Direct Synthesis of 1,2-Diketones by Catalytic Aerobic Oxidative Decarboxylation of 1,3-Diketones with Iodine and Base under Irradiation of Fluorescent Light

Norihiro Tada, Motoki Shomura, Hiroki Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh*

*Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan, Email: itohagifu-pu.ac.jp

N. Tada, M. Shomura, H. Nakayama, T. Miura, A. Itoh, Synlett, 2010, 1979-1983.

DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258134


Abstract

Iodine/base-catalyzed aerobic photooxidation of 1,3-diketones under visible-light irradiation of fluorescent lamp enables a catalytic direct synthesis of 1,2-diketones.

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Key Words

benzilic acid rearrangement, 1,3-diketones, 1,2-diketones, photooxidation, iodine, aerobic


ID: J60-Y2010-2080