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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones with a silica-supported peracid in supercritical carbon dioxide under flow conditions

Rossella MelloJavier Parra-carbonellGregorio AsensioAndrea OlmosMaría Elena González Núñez

subject

Supercritical water oxidationSupercritical carbon dioxideInorganic chemistryPollutionSupercritical fluidBaeyer–Villiger oxidationchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryReagentCarbon dioxideEnvironmental ChemistryOrganic chemistryHydrogen peroxideElectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

description

[2-Percarboxyethyl]-functionalized silica reacts with ketones in supercritical carbon dioxide at 250 bar and 40 °C under flow conditions to yield the corresponding esters and lactones. The solid reagent can be easily recycled through treatment with 70% hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an acid at 0 °C. This procedure not only simplifies the isolation of the reaction products, but has the advantage of using only water and carbon dioxide as solvents under mild conditions.

https://doi.org/10.1039/b821746g