Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation of the Bicyclo[2.2.2]octanone System Revisited: Searching for a Modular Construction of Heavily Substituted Cyclohexanes Based onm-CPBA Mediated Selective Oxygen Insertion
Described herein is the use of Baeyer–Villigeroxidation for the selective insertion of oxygen into a variously substitutedbicyclo[2.2.2]octanone system, synthesized by a consecutive domino process. By using the appropriate sequence of steps and starting from common intermediate 2a, six-membered ring systems with appropriate substituents that could serve as surrogates for several functionalities could