Selective oxidation of alkyl benzenes using CrO3 combined with Ce(SO4)2

Guang Liang Song, Yuan Yuan Liu, Lei Chen, Hong Jun Zhu

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Abstract

A novel system of oxidant-CrO3 combined with Ce(SO 4)2, has been demonstrated to be an effective and economic oxidant for the oxidation of alkyl benzenes to ketones or aldehydes with little by-products and high yields. Including 1-(2,4-diethylphenyl)ethanone (3), seven alkyl benzenes have been studied, the products have been characterized by the elemental analyses, 1H, 13C NMR and EI-MS. The possible mechanisms of this oxidation reaction were also proposed. The obtained 5-acetyl-3- methylisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one (5), the by-product of 3 was also confirmed by the crystal structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7267-7274
Number of pages8
JournalAsian Journal of Chemistry
Volume22
Issue number9
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • 2D NMR
  • 5-Acetyl-3-methyliso-benzofuran-1(3H)-one
  • Crystal structure
  • Oxidation

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