One‐pot oxidation of aromatic and cyclic hydrocarbons using the Au (III) and Pd (II) catalyst under microwave irradiation

Abstract

We report here in highly efficient one-pot catalytic system which utilizes in situ generated sodium ferrate for the oxidation of aromatic and cyclic hydrocarbons in the presence of Au (III) and Pd (II) metal ions catalyst under ecofriendly green synthetic method. Results of these studies revealed that Au (III) catalytic system gave higher yield as compared with Pd (II) catalytic system because of the higher electrode potential of Au(III) than Pd(II). All compounds were characterized by infrared and NMR spectral analysis.