Practical and environmentally friendly transformation of tetrahydrofuran- 2-methanols to γ-lactones via oxidative cleavage

Tomoya Fujiwara, Yuto Horiuchi, Akihiro Yamada, Hisanori Nambu, Takayuki Yakura*

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Abstract

Transformation of oxacycle-2-methanols to the corresponding lactones is often applied to total synthesis of natural products. It is accomplished by either direct oxidative cleavage reaction using a heavy metal oxidant or multistep conversion. As a practical and environmentally friendly procedure, a direct oxidative cleavage reaction of tetrahydrofuran-2-methanols to the corresponding c-lactones was developed. This new catalytic reaction proceeds with a catalytic amount of 2-iodobenzamide and stoichiometric Oxone (2KHSO5.KHSO4.K2SO4) at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Horizons of Process Chemistry
Subtitle of host publicationScalable Reactions and Technologies
PublisherSpringer Singapore
Pages179-190
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9789811034213
ISBN (Print)9789811034206
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017/01/01

Keywords

  • Catalysis
  • Green chemistry
  • Hypervalent iodine
  • Oxidative cleavage
  • Oxone

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Medicine
  • General Engineering
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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