The Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement with metal triflates: new developments toward mechanism.

Piotr Latos Agnieszka SiewniakMagdalena SitkoAnna Chrobok

Published in: RSC advances (2020)

Based on MS analysis, the mechanism of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones with hydrogen peroxide using metal triflates (Ga(OTf) 3 and Er(OTf) 3 ) as catalysts was proposed. In the case of cyclohexanone as a substrate, dimeric, trimeric and tetrameric peroxide structures were detected.

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