Retro Baeyer-Villiger reaction: thermal conversion of the [60]fullerene-fused lactones to ketones.
Chuang NiuZheng-Chun YinWei-Feng WangXinmin HuangDian-Bing ZhouGuan-Wu WangPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
The conversion of the [60]fullerene-fused lactones to ketones with triflic anhydride as an unusual reductant under aerobic conditions has been achieved in excellent yields. The present thermal retro Baeyer-Villiger reaction from lactones to ketones has no precedents. In addition, the unique ring-opened peroxy [60]fullerene derivatives can be obtained by the electrochemical reactions of the synthesized [60]fullerene-fused ketones.