Abstract
We developed an aerobic photooxidative cleavage of epoxides to carboxylic acids using a catalytic quantity of magnesium bromide and molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant, under photoirradiation with a high-pressure mercury lamp.
MeSH terms
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Bromides / chemistry*
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Carboxylic Acids / chemistry*
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Epoxy Compounds / chemistry*
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Magnesium Compounds / chemistry*
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Oxygen / chemistry*
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Photochemical Processes*
Substances
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Bromides
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Carboxylic Acids
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Epoxy Compounds
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Magnesium Compounds
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Oxygen