A facile catalytic oxidation of activated hydrocarbons to the carbonyl functionality mediated by Mn(II) complexes

Selective oxidation of activated hydrocarbons to the corresponding carbonyl functionality was achieved with good to high material yields using novel camphor-derived ligands mediated with Mn(II) as catalyst. In general, the reaction proceeds smoothly with 5 mol% of catalyst and 2.0 eq. of t-BuOOH as oxidant;in CH2Cl2 in 5-30 min. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.