Bp. Pradhan et al., OXIDATION OF TRITERPENOIDS .16. OXIDATION OF FRIEDEL-3(4)-ENE WITH SELENIUM DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE IN TERTIARY BUTANOL, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 32(10), 1993, pp. 1070-1072
The oxidation reaction of selenium dioxide containing hydrogen peroxid
e in t-butanol on friedel-3(4)-ene (1) has been studied. The products
of oxidation are lupanone (2) and friedelan 3beta, 4alpha-diol (3). Th
eir structures have been fully supported by their spectral data.