Synthesis of asymmetric peroxides: Transition metal (Cu, Fe, Mn, Co) catalyzed peroxidation of β-dicarbonyl compounds with tert -butyl hydroperoxide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo100793j

(Figure presented) The transition metal (Cu, Fe, Mn, Co) catalyzed peroxidation of β-dicarbonyl compounds at the α position by tert-butyl hydroperoxide was discovered. A selective, experimentally convenient, and gram-scale method was developed for the syn