Catalytic Oxidative Cleavage of 1,3-Diketones to Carboxylic Acids by Aerobic Photooxidation with Iodine
Norihiro Tada, Motoki Shomura, Lei Cui, Tomoya Nobuta, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh*
*Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu
501-1196, Japan, Email: itoha
gifu-pu.ac.jp
N. Tada, M. Shomura, L. Cui, T. Nobuta, T. Miura, A. Itoh, Synlett, 2011, 2896-2900.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289891
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Abstract
A catalytic oxidative cleavage of 1,3-diketones enables the synthesis of the corresponding carboxylic acids by aerobic photooxidation with iodine under irradiation with a high-pressure mercury lamp.
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Key Words
photooxidation, aerobic, iodine, 1,3-diketones, carboxylic acids
ID: J60-Y2011-3550
