On the mechanism of the palladium-catalyzed tert-butylhydroperoxide-mediated Wacker-type oxidation of alkenes using quinoline-2-oxazoline ligands.

ABSTRACT: The mechanism of the tert-butylhydroperoxide-mediated, Pd(Quinox)-catalyzed Wacker-type oxidation was investigated to evaluate the hypothesis that a selective catalyst-controlled oxidation could be achieved by rendering the palladium coordinatively saturated using a bidentate amine ligand. The unique role of the Quinox ligand framework was probed via systematic ligand modifications. The modified ligands were evaluated through quantitative Hammett analysis, which supports a "push-pull" relationship between the electronically asymmetric quinoline and oxazoline ligand modules.

SUBMITTER: Michel BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3113657 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature