Aerobic photooxidative cleavage of epoxides to carboxylic acids using magnesium bromide

Tomoaki Yamaguchi; Yoko Matsusaki; Norihiro Tada; Tsuyoshi Miura; Akichika Itoh

doi:10.1039/c2pp25345c

Aerobic photooxidative cleavage of epoxides to carboxylic acids using magnesium bromide

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2013 Mar;12(3):417-20. doi: 10.1039/c2pp25345c.

Authors

Tomoaki Yamaguchi¹, Yoko Matsusaki, Norihiro Tada, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh

Affiliation

¹ Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan.

PMID: 23178821
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25345c

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

Bromides / chemistry*
Carboxylic Acids / chemistry*
Epoxy Compounds / chemistry*
Magnesium Compounds / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxygen / chemistry*
Photochemical Processes*

Substances

Bromides
Carboxylic Acids
Epoxy Compounds
Magnesium Compounds
Oxygen