MMPP (Magnesium Monoperoxyphthalate) in Acetonitrile; A New Approach to the Synthesis of Lactones via Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Cyclic Ketones |
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| Authors: | Masao Hirano Shigetaka Yakabe Akiko Satoh James H Clark Takashi Morimoto |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Technology , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Koganei, Tokyo , 184;2. Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington, York, UK , YO1 5DD |
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| Abstract: | A variety of unsubstituted and mono- or di-substituted cycloalkanones can be oxidised with modest excess of magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate in acetonitrile to produce the corresponding lactones in a facile, selective, and high yielding manner. |
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| Keywords: | O‐Acetylation BF3 · OEt2 |
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