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Oxidation of Hydroquinones and Hydroquinone Monomethyl Ethers to Quinones withtert-Butyl Hydroperoxide and Catalytic Amounts of Ceric Ammonium Nitrate (CAN)

2000; Wiley; Volume: 342; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/1521-3897(200010)342

1521-3897

Karsten Krohn, Jürgen Vitz,

Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis

Mono- and bicyclic hydroquinones and hydroquinone monomethyl ethers 1, 2 are 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 hydroperoxide.