Oxidative decarboxylation of mandelate ethers and α-substituted phenylacetates via dioxetanone generation
作者:Bertrand Heckmann、Carole Alayrac、Charges Mioskowski、S. Chandrasekhar、J.R. Falck
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)79133-7
日期:1992.9
Mandelate ethers are oxidatively decarboxylated via in situ generated dioxetanones using tBuOK and air at ambient temperature leading, after hydrolysis, to the benzoic acid and the corresponding alcohol. The reaction can be extended to alpha-substituted phenylacetates.