Oxidation of hydroquinones and hydroquinone monomethyl ethers to quinones with tert-butyl hydroperoxide and catalytic amounts of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN)

Authors
Krohn, K Vitz, J
Citation
K. Krohn et J. Vitz, Oxidation of hydroquinones and hydroquinone monomethyl ethers to quinones with tert-butyl hydroperoxide and catalytic amounts of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN), J PRAK CHEM, 342(8), 2000, pp. 825-827
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL FUR PRAKTISCHE CHEMIE-PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
14369966 → ACNP
Volume
342
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
825 - 827
Database
ISI
SICI code
1436-9966(2000)342:8<825:OOHAHM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Mono- and bicyclic hydroquinones and hydroquinone monomethyl ethers 1, 2 ar e oxidized in 82-91% yield to the corresponding quinones using only 2 mol% of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) and 2.5 equivalents of tert-butyl hydropero xide.