Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation of Cyclobutanones with 10-Methylacridinium as an Efficient Organocatalyst

HJ Xu, FF Zhu, YY Shen, X Wan, YS Feng

Index: Xu, Hua-Jian; Zhu, Feng-Fei; Shen, Yong-Ya; Wan, Xin; Feng, Yi-Si Tetrahedron, 2012 , vol. 68, # 22 p. 4145 - 4151

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Abstract

Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclobutanones is achieved in current developed protocol with 10-methylacridinium perchlorate (AcrH+ ClO4−) as a novel organocatalyst both with irradiation at room temperature and without irradiation at elevated temperature. Excellent yields of the corresponding lactones are obtained and the possible mechanism has been proposed.