4962-20-3Relevant articles and documents
CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF UNSYMMETRICALLY SUBSTITUTED BENZILS BY PERMANGANATE OXIDATION OF β-OXO PHOSPHORUS YLIDES
Aitken, R. Alan,Cadogan, J. I. G.,Gosney, Ian
, p. 281 - 286 (2007/10/02)
Oxidative cleavage of a range of ylides 4 with R1 and/or R2 being aromatic groups, using KMnO4 in a two-phase system, affords unsymmetrical benzils and 1-arylpropane-1,2-diones 5 in moderate to good yield, and the ylide formation and oxidation can be combined in a convenient one-pot method.Key words: Phosphorus ylides, oxidation, 1,2-diketones, benzils, permanganate, oxoalkylidenetriphenylphosphoranes.