A catalytic version of hypervalent aryl-λ3-iodane-induced Hofmann rearrangement of primary carboxamides: iodobenzene as an organocatalyst and m-chloroperbenzoic acid as a terminal oxidant
Molecularoxygen serves as a useful oxidant for the glycol scission of 1,2-diols and the Hofmann rearrangement of primary amides using pentamethyliodobenzene as a catalyst. The use of isobutyraldehyde and Lewis basic nitriles under O2 enabled the iodine(I)/(III) catalytic cycle, where in situ-generated peracid acts as a terminal oxidant.
Transition metal-catalyzed oxidativecleavage of carbon-carbon multiple bonds has emerged as a powerful tool in organic synthesis. High-valent oxometals, mostly of Ru, Os, Mn, Mo, W, and Re, were used catalytically as reactive oxygen transfer agents to the multiple bonds. Reported here for the first time are the organocatalytic versions of the oxidativecleavage reactions. Our method involves use of