Abstract
This article summarizes the results of our recent studies on palladium catalytic systems
for the oxidation of alcohols and alkenes using molecular oxygen or air together
with several successful attempts to make the system recyclable from the viewpoint
of ‘green and sustainable chemistry’. In addition, palladium-catalyzed novel organic
transformations of tert -alcohols (mainly cyclobutanols) and cyclobutanone oximes are also presented, where
β-carbon elimination involving C-C bond cleavage is a key step, together with some
of their asymmetric versions.
1 Introduction
2 Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones Using Molecular
Oxygen
3 Pd(II)-Hydrotalcite-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Alcohols Using Molecular Oxygen
or Air
4 Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols under an Oxygen Atmosphere in Fluorous
Biphase System (FBS)
5 Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Terminal Alkenes to Methyl Ketones Using Molecular
Oxygen
6 Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Transformation of tert -Cyclobutanols via β- Carbon Elimination under an Oxygen Atmosphere
7 Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkynylation of Alkenes via C-C Bond Cleavage
under an Oxygen Atmosphere
8 Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Ring Cleavage of Cyclobutanone Oximes Leading to Nitriles
via β-Carbon Elimination
9 Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation of tert -Cyclobutanols with Aryl Bromides via C-C Bond Cleavage
10 Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation, Vinylation, and Allenylation of tert -Cyclobutanols via Enantioselective C-C Bond Cleavage
11 Palladium-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of tert -Cyclobutanols with Aryl Bromides via C-C Bond Cleavage
12 Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkynylation of Alkenes via C-C bond Cleavage under
an Oxygen Atmosphere
13 Conclusion
Key words
oxidation - alcohol - palladium - C-C bond cleavage - asymmetric synthesis