Rapid and Reusable Copper Catalytic System for Allylic Oxidation of Olefins in Hexafluoroisopropanol as Solvent

Abstract

Cu₂O mixed with perfluorododecanoic acid C₁₁F₂₃COOH and t-butyl peroxybenzoate in hexafluoroisopropanol led to a rapid and reusable catalytic system for the Kharasch-Sosnovsky reaction.

Key words

allylic oxidation - olefins - copper catalyst - HFIP - recycling

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