Ruthenium catalyzed transformation of alcohols to esters and lactones

✍ Scribed by Shun-Ichi Murahashi; Kei-ichiro Ito; Takeshi Naota; Yoshihiro Maeda

• Book ID: 104243610
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 218 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)92493-1

✦ Synopsis

Homogeneous catalytic oxidative condensation of alcohols and diols to their corresponding esters and lactones has been accomplished using Although catalytic transformation of alcohols to esters is of importance in view of industrial process and synthetic means, reported methods are limited to few non-selective heterogeneous reactions. 1 During the course of exploring catalytic reactions of alcohols with amines 2 , we have found an efficient homogeneous catalyzed oxidative condensation of alcohols to esters and lactones! Recent paper by Shvo which reports hydrogen transfer reaction of alcohols with Ru3(CO)12 prompts us to report our efficient method. 4