ChemInform Abstract: MMPP (Magnesium Monoperoxyphthalate) in Acetonitrile: A New Approach to the Synthesis of Lactones via Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Cyclic Ketones

Authors :: James H. Clark
Shigetaka Yakabe
Masao Hirano
Akiko Satoh
Takashi Morimoto
Source :: ChemInform. 28
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Wiley, 2010.
Abstract: A variety of unsubstituted and mono- or di-substituted cycloalkanones can be oxidised with modest excess of magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate in acetonitrile to produce the corresponding lactones in a facile, selective, and high yielding manner.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Organic chemistry
General Medicine
Magnesium monoperoxyphthalate
Acetonitrile
High yielding
Baeyer–Villiger oxidation

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