Chlorides and acetylacetonates of transition metals as catalysts for the oxidation of 1-indanol by sodium percarbonate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/cber.19971301116

The screening of metal chlorides and metal acetylacetonates as catalysts for the oxidation of 1-indanol by sodium percarbonate (at reflux in 1,2-dichloroethane in the presence of small amounts of Adogen 464) has been carried out. The efficiency of the process depended on the nature of the transi-tion metal and its oxidation state but, except for iron, was not greatly influenced by the nature of the ligands. Good conversions and yields have been obtained using PdCl₂, RhCl₃, RuCl₃ and, particularly, MoO₂(acac)₂ as catalysts. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH, 1997.