Molecular oxygen oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage of α-ketols catalysed by Bi(III) carboxylates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)98696-F

Bi(III)-mandelate catalyses the oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage, by molecular oxygen, of a series of α-ketols into the corresponding carboxylic acids. The reaction is accelerated in the presence of DMSO.