Mild carbon–carbon bond cleavage of carbonyl compounds using pentafluoroiodobenzene bis (trifluoroacetate)

RM Moriarty, I Prakash, R Penmasta

Index: Moriarty, Robert M.; Prakash, Indra; Penmasta, Raju Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1987 , # 3 p. 202 - 203

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Citation Number: 18

Abstract

Acetophenones, α-hydroxyacetophenones, deoxybenzoin, benzoin, and benzil are cleaved oxidatively with pentafluoroiodobenzene bis-(trifluoroacetate) in wet benzene at room temperature to give the corresponding benzoic acids; cyclohexanone and dimedone are cleaved to give the diacids adipic acid and 3, 3-dimethylglutaric acid, respectively.