Heteropolyacid-catalyzed chemoselective oxidation of benzil derivatives to carboxylic esters by dioxygen

  • Bassam El Ali*
  • , Abdel Moneim El-Ghanam
  • , Mohammed Fettouhi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Benzil derivatives are catalytically oxidized by the heteropolyacids of general formula H3+nPMo12-nVnO40, xH2O (HPA-n, n = 1-4, x = 30-36) with dioxygen under mild conditions. High yields and excellent selectivity of mono- and dicarboxylic esters were obtained in the presence of primary alcohols or diols.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-10
Number of pages8
JournalArabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Volume26
Issue number1 A
StatePublished - Jan 2001

Keywords

  • Benzil
  • Carboxylic esters
  • Cleavage
  • Heteropolyacids
  • Oxidation
  • Vanadium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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