PINACOL CLEAVAGE USING IRON(III)TRISPHENANTHROLINE COMPLEXES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)82141-3

Oxidative bond cleavage of benzpinacol and 2,3-diphenyl-2,3-butanediol have been effected with two Fe(III)(1,10-phenantroline)3 complexes which are thought to undergo electron transfer reactions by an outer sphere mechanism.The products of these reactions are exclusively the corresponding ketones when 2,6-di-t-butylpyridine is added to the solution.In contrast to the facile oxidations of these aromatic substrates, pinacol is not cleaved under these reaction conditions.