Synthesis 2013; 45(2): 246-250
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317895
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Boron Trifluoride as an Efficient Catalyst for the Selective Synthesis of Tricyclic Monoperoxides from β,δ-Triketones and H2O2

Alexander O. Terent’ev*
a   N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(499)1355328   Email: terentev@ioc.ac.ru
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Ivan A. Yaremenko
a   N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(499)1355328   Email: terentev@ioc.ac.ru
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Vera A. Vil’
a   N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(499)1355328   Email: terentev@ioc.ac.ru
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Valery M. Dembitsky
b   Institute for Drug Research, P. O. Box 12065, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Gennady I. Nikishin
a   N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(499)1355328   Email: terentev@ioc.ac.ru
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Publication History

Received: 15 October 2012

Accepted after revision: 22 November 2012

Publication Date:
06 December 2012 (online)


Abstract

Boron trifluoride was found to serve as an efficient catalyst for the reaction of β,δ-triketones with H2O2 producing tricyclic monoperoxides in yields from 48–93%. BF3 acts simultaneously as a catalyst and co-solvent. The synthesis can be scaled up to tens of grams. The resulting peroxides can be easily isolated from the reaction mixture by column chromatography.

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