Selective Wacker-type oxidation of terminal alkenes and dienes using the Pd(II)/molybdovanadophosphate (NPMoV)/O2 system

✍ Scribed by Takahiro Yokota; Aki Sakakura; Masayuki Tani; Satoshi Sakaguchi; Yasutaka Ishii

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)02198-6

✦ Synopsis

Selective Wacker-type oxidation of long-chain terminal alkenes to methylketones was successfully achieved by using Pd(OAc) 2 /molybdovanadophosphate (NPMoV)/O 2 system. The selectivity of the reaction increased by slow addition of the alkenes to the catalytic solution. The oxidation of a,v-dienes was also examined, and the selectivity of the oxidation was found to depend on the chain length of the dienes used.