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A direct conversion ofvic-diols into 1, 2-diketones with aqueous hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by peroxotungstophosphate (PCWP)

T Iwahama, S Sakaguchi, Y Nishiyama, Y Ishii

Index: Iwahama, Takahiro; Sakaguchi, Satoshi; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Ishii, Yasutaka Tetrahedron Letters, 1995 , vol. 36, # 9 p. 1523 - 1526

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Abstract

α-Hydroxy ketones and vic-diols were successfully oxidized to the corresponding diketones with aqueous hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of peroxotungstophosphate (PCWP). This method provides a straightforward route of 1, 2- diketones which are difficult to prepare by conventional oxidation of vic-diols.