DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE-HYDROBROMIC ACID AS A NOVEL REAGENT FOR CONVENIENT OXIDATION ON A PREPARATIVE SCALE OF STILBENES AND SOME DERIVATIVES OF DIPHENYLETHANE TO BENZILS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00958570

We have found that the systems HBr-H2O2-DMSO and HBr-DMSO are mild and selective reagents for the high-yield oxidation of the C=C bond in stilbenes to benzils.These reagents also successfully oxidate 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-dibromoethane and a number of its derivatives to benzils.We have evaluated the preparative potentialities of the novel reagents.