Catalytic Oxidation of Tetrahydrofuran in the Presence of Transition Metal Complexes under Aerobic ConditionsMin ShiJ. Chem. Research (S), (9), 592-593 (1998)
(
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/thf2gbl.aerobic.pdf)
AbstractUpon stirring a THF solution of a transition metal under an aerobic atmosphere, ?-butyrolactone and a small amount of lactol and 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde are formed; the turnover number of this catalytic oxidation process can reach 150 when IrCl(CO)(PPh
3)
2 is used.
References [1] C. R. A. Godfrey, Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, ed. B. M. Trost, Pergamon, Oxford, 1991, vol. 7, p. 235.
[2] A. B. Smith III and R. M. Scarborough Jr, Synth. Commun., 1980, 205.
[3] J. T. Harrison and S. Harrison, Chem. Commun., 1966, 752.
[4] H. T. Schmidt and H. J. Schaefer, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1979, 18, 69.
[5] A. K. Fazlur-Rahman, J. T. Tsai and K. M. Nicholas, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 1334.
[6] S. Minakata, E. Imai, Y. Ohshima, K. Inaki, I. Ryu, M. Komatsu and Y. Ohshiro, Chem. Lett., 1996, 19.
[7] V. M. Rodionov and M. A. Berkengeim, J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1944, 14, 330; J. W. Suggs, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 640.
[8] D. Evans, J. A. Osborn and G. Wilkinson, Inorg. Synth., 1968, 11, 99.
[9] K. Vrieze, J. P. Collman, C. T. Sears and M. Kubota, Inorg. Synth., 1968, 11, 101.