RHODIUM(II) ACETATE: AN EFFECTIVE HOMOGENEOUS CATALYST FOR SELECTIVE ALLYLIC OXIDATION AND CARBON-CARBON BOND FISSION OF OLEFINS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1982.1743

Treatment of some cyclic olefins and allylbenzene with Rh2(OAc)4 in acetic acid in the presence of t-BuOOH gave the corresponding enones and allylic acetates, the former being predominant, Application to several styrene derivatives resulted in a selective C=C bond fission to give benzaldehyde or acetophenone.It is suggested that the reaction proceeds catalytically with Rh(II) acetate via an ionic pathway.