General Characteristics Enolate species undergo dimerization under appropriately chosen oxidative conditions. Homo-coupling usually predominates, but there are successful examples of controlled ...
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Kharasch-Sosnovsky Oxidation
General Characteristics Allylic C-H oxidation can be effected using acylperoxide under copper-catalyzed conditions. The alkene starting materials are usually used in excess. The terminal olefins are ...
Selenium Dioxide
General Characteristics Selenium dioxide oxidizes allylic C-H bonds, providing an option to synthesize allylic alcohols from alkenes. Even though SeO2 is a toxic reagent, it is used frequently since ...
C-H Oxidation with NHPI Catalyst
General Characteristics An organocatalyst N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) forms the strongly oxidizing N-oxyl radical species (PINO) in the presence of appropriate oxidizing agents. This radical is ...
Collman’s Reagent
General Characteristics Disodium tetracarbonylferrate is generally referred to as the Collman reagent. It reacts with alkyl halides to give corresponding aldehydes and ketones. General References ...