Mo(CO)6-Catalyzed oxidation of furan derivatives to E- and Z-enediones by cumyl hydroperoxide

✍ Scribed by Antonio Massa; Maria Rosaria Acocella; Margherita De Rosa; Annunziata Soriente; Rosaria Villano; Arrigo Scettri

• Book ID: 104252729
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 143 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)02636-9

✦ Synopsis

Enediones are easily accessible by controlled oxidation of 2,5-disubstituted furans with Mo(CO) 6 /cumyl hydroperoxide system. The use of t-butyl hydroperoxide, as oxygen donor, leads to the formation of 2H-pyran-3(6H)-one derivatives.