Neighboring Assistance of a Hydroxyl Group on Manganese Dioxide Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols to Lactones
摘要:
o-Hydroxymethylbenzyl alcohol and o-hydroxyethylbenzyl alcohols have been converted to phthalide and dihydroisocoumarins, very easily and in high yields, by oxidation with non-activated manganese dioxide. In contrast, the reaction of o-hydroxypropylbenzyl alcohol stopped at the aldehyde level, and afforded only a small amount of the corresponding lactone under the same condition. This implies that the first oxidation product, a benzaldehyde, could be oxidized further via a hemiacetal, but the second oxidation to lactone is very much dependent on the ability of stable intramolecular hemiacetal formation, and not on the intermolecular mode at all.
Facile organocatalytic domino oxidation of diols to lactones by in situ-generated TetMe-IBX
摘要:
The domino oxidation of diols to lactones is an important transformation, and catalytic protocols that allow this conversion smoothly are scarce. Capitalizing on the established reactivity of tetramethyl-IBX (TetMe-IBX) and its in situ generation in the presence of a co-oxidant, such as oxone, we have shown that a variety of diols can be converted to the corresponding lactones in respectable yields by employing the precursor of TetMe-IBX, namely, tetramethyl-o-iodobenzoic acid (TetMe-IA), as a catalyst in 5 mol % in the presence of 2 equiv of oxone. (c) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Neighboring Assistance of a Hydroxyl Group on Manganese Dioxide Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols to Lactones
作者:Katsuya Endo、Hiroyasu Takahashi、Minako Aihara
DOI:10.3987/com-95-s48
日期:——
o-Hydroxymethylbenzyl alcohol and o-hydroxyethylbenzyl alcohols have been converted to phthalide and dihydroisocoumarins, very easily and in high yields, by oxidation with non-activated manganese dioxide. In contrast, the reaction of o-hydroxypropylbenzyl alcohol stopped at the aldehyde level, and afforded only a small amount of the corresponding lactone under the same condition. This implies that the first oxidation product, a benzaldehyde, could be oxidized further via a hemiacetal, but the second oxidation to lactone is very much dependent on the ability of stable intramolecular hemiacetal formation, and not on the intermolecular mode at all.
Facile organocatalytic domino oxidation of diols to lactones by in situ-generated TetMe-IBX
The domino oxidation of diols to lactones is an important transformation, and catalytic protocols that allow this conversion smoothly are scarce. Capitalizing on the established reactivity of tetramethyl-IBX (TetMe-IBX) and its in situ generation in the presence of a co-oxidant, such as oxone, we have shown that a variety of diols can be converted to the corresponding lactones in respectable yields by employing the precursor of TetMe-IBX, namely, tetramethyl-o-iodobenzoic acid (TetMe-IA), as a catalyst in 5 mol % in the presence of 2 equiv of oxone. (c) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.