INTRA- AND EXTRADIOL OXYGENATIONS OF 3,5-DI-TERT-BUTYLCATECHOL CATALYZED BY BIPYRIDINEPYRIDINEIRON(III) COMPLEX

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1983.917

Iron(III) complex coordinated by 2,2'-bipyridine and pyridine catalyzes oxygenation of 3,5-di-t-butylcatechol with molecular oxygen to give intra- and extradiol fission products as well as oxidation to give 3,5-di-t-butyl-1,2-benzoquinone.Structures and reactivities of the products have indicated that the oxygenation proceeds by the Hamilton process rather than the dioxetane process.