Department of Materials and Life Science, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, 2200-2 Toyosawa, Fukuroi, Shizuoka 437-8555, Japan
Abstract:
The reaction of dithioacetals with 30% hydrogen peroxide in the presence of catalytic amounts of iron(III) acetylacetonate and sodium iodide efficiently produced the corresponding carbonyl compounds in high yields.