Transition Metal Catalysis in the Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Ketones

Giorgio Strukul

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980518)37:9<1198::AID-ANIE1198>3.0.CO;2-Y

Transition Metal Catalysis in the Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Ketones

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 May 18;37(9):1198-1209. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980518)37:9<1198::AID-ANIE1198>3.0.CO;2-Y.

Author

Giorgio Strukul¹

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Venezia, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venezia (Italy), Fax: (+39) 41-529-8517.

Abstract

Environmentally friendly oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide or dioxygen can be used today in catalytic versions of the almost one century old Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with transition metal complexes as catalysts. On the right is a sketch of a possible mechanism for this reaction with a platinum catalyst in homogeneous solution.

Keywords: Baeyer-Villiger oxidation; Homogeneous catalysis; Ketones; Oxidations; Transition metals.

Publication types

Review