V. Leboisselier et al., MOLECULAR-OXYGEN OXIDATIVE CARBON-CARBON BOND-CLEAVAGE OF ALPHA-KETOLS CATALYZED BY BI(III) CARBOXYLATES, Tetrahedron, 51(17), 1995, pp. 4991-4996
Bi(III)-mandelate catalyses the oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage,
by molecular oxygen, of a series of alpha-ketols into the correspondi
ng carboxylic acids. The reaction is accelerated in the presence of DM
SO.