[Rh3O(OAc)6 (H2O)3]OAc as a homogeneous catalyst for selective enone formation by allylic oxidation of olefins

✍ Scribed by Sakae Uemur; Suresh R. Patil

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 202 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)85598-7

✦ Synopsis

Treatment of several cyclic olefins and allylbenzene with a catalytic amount of [Rh30(OAc)6(H20)3]OAc in acetic acid in the presence of t-butvl hvdroperoxide affords the corresponding a,8-unsaturated carbonyl compounds highly selectively via an ionic pathway.