Direct Oxygenation of Benzene and Its Analogues into Phenols Catalyzed by Oxovanadium(IV) Complex with Combined Use of Molecular Oxygen and Aldehyde

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1994.1849

In the presence of a catalytic amount of oxovanadium(IV) complexes coordinated by 1,3-diketone-type ligands, benzene and its analogues are directly oxygenated into phenols by combined use of molecular oxygen and crotonaldehyde at room temperature.