SYNTHESIS OF AROMATIC-ALDEHYDES BY LACCASE-MEDIATOR ASSISTED OXIDATION

Authors
FRITZLANGHALS E KUNATH B
Citation
E. Fritzlanghals et B. Kunath, SYNTHESIS OF AROMATIC-ALDEHYDES BY LACCASE-MEDIATOR ASSISTED OXIDATION, Tetrahedron letters, 39(33), 1998, pp. 5955-5956
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
33
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5955 - 5956
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:33<5955:SOABLA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Aromatic aldehydes can be prepared in aqueous medium by oxidation of t he corresponding methyl aromatic compounds in the presence of oxygen, the enzyme laccase and catalytic amounts of various N-hydroxy compound s. Allylic alcohols also gave the corresponding aldehydes in good yiel d. Competing reactions reveal that the N-hydroxy compound is involved in the rate determining step of the reaction; (C) 1998 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd. All rights reserved.