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Synthesis 2011(13): 2091-2100
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260027
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260027
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Stuttgart ˙ New YorkSelective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Peroxides: Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation of Malononitrile and Cyanoacetic Ester Derivatives by tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide at the α-Position
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2 March 2011
Publication Date:
05 May 2011 (online)
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Publication Date:
05 May 2011 (online)

Abstract
A novel method was developed for the selective oxidation of α-monosubstituted malononitrile and cyanoacetic ester derivatives at the α-position based on transition-metal-catalyzed reaction (Cu, Fe, Mn, Co) with tert-butyl hydroperoxide giving unsymmetrical peroxides in 63-94% yields. The method is facile, does not require large excesses of reagents, and is amenable to gram-scale synthesis.
Key words
peroxides - tert-butyl hydroperoxide - catalysis - oxidation - transition metals - malononitrile - cyanoacetic ester
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