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Purified mCPBA, a Useful Reagent for the Oxidation of Aldehydes
Horn, Alexander,Kazmaier, Uli
, p. 2531 - 2536 (2018/03/21)
Purified mCPBA is a useful reagent for the oxidation of several classes of aldehyde. Although linear unbranched aliphatic aldehydes are oxidized to the corresponding carboxylic acids, α-branched ones undergo Baeyer–Villiger oxidation to formates. α-Branched α,β-unsaturated aldehydes provide enolformates and/or epoxides, which can be saponified to α-hydroxy ketones with shortening of the carbon chain by 1 carbon. Unbranched α,β-unsaturated aldehydes undergo an interesting Baeyer–Villiger oxidation/epoxidation/formate migration/BV oxidation cascade, which results in formyl-protected hydrates with an overall loss of two carbon atoms.
REACTION OF α,β-UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE CATALYSED BY BENZENESELENINIC ACIDS AND THEIR PRECURSORS
Syper, Ludwik
, p. 2853 - 2872 (2007/10/02)
Oxidation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with hydrogen perixide catalysed by benzeneselenic acids and their precursors has been investigated.Bis 2-nitrophenyl diselenide has proved to be the most effective catalyst.The major products resulting from the oxidation are vinyl formates (a) which on hydrolysis give saturated aldehydes or ketones (g) having the carbon chain shortened by one carbon atom, compared with the starting aldehydes.The minor products are formyloxyoxiranes (b), α-hydroxycarbonyl (e) and α-formyloxycarbonyl (f) compounds with the carbon chain shortened by one carbon atom.Carbonyl compounds d, formally derived from an oxidative fission of the carbon-carbon double bond, have been also isolated.Diformyloxy (4c) and formyloxyacetoxy phenylmethane (5c) have been isolated when cinnamaldehyde (4) or 1-phenyl-2-formyloxypropane (5a) were oxidized, respectively.Possible mechanisms of formation of these products are discussed.Similar products resulted when α,β-unsaturated aldehydes were oxidized with organic peroxy acids.
