Transition metal-catalyzed oxidations of bishomoallylic alcohols

The Structural Chemistry of Acyclic Organic Peroxides

“…CONCLUDING REMARKS Structure determines reactivity. Reactivity in turn is the basis for the diverse chemistry of acyclic organic peroxides 207,208 . Today, structure and bonding of peroxides are well understood.…”

“…Many of these aspects have been investigated in considerable depth, while new topics emerge 207,208 . The advent of CF 3 OONO 2 (13) in significant quantities in our atmosphere in the years that followed the discovery and the large-scale application of chlorofluorohydrocarbon (CFC) substitutes is just one example.…”

The direct oxidative diene cyclization and related reactions in natural product synthesis

“…Methodology driven investigations as well as mechanistic studies are not the main focus of this review but may be mentioned in the introductory section. Likewise, syntheses of fragments of natural products applying an oxidative cyclization protocol [1–2] and sequential epoxidation/cyclization procedures [3] are not in the scope of this article and are therefore not covered. Previous review articles concerning oxidative diene cyclization chemistry can be considered in complement [4–6].…”

Oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by soluble iron and osmium derivatives

“…Hydrogen peroxide oxidation of alcohols to produce the corresponding ketones, aldehydes and carboxylic acids (see recent reviews [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]) can be catalyzed by both _____________________________ soluble (homogeneously) and insoluble (heterogeneously) [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] metal-containing compounds. In the present work, we investigated in detail the oxidation of 2-cyanoethanol (1) with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by certain soluble iron and osmium compounds.…”