Lanhui Ren, Lianyue Wang, Ying Lv
Apr 7, 2015
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Green Chemistry
Abstract
Direct oxidation of 2,3-cyclopentenopyridine analogues to 6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridin-5-one analogues was achieved using Mn(OTf)2 as a catalyst and t-BuOOH (65% in H2O) as an oxidant at 25 °C in H2O with high yield and excellent chemoselectivity for the first time. The catalytic system was also used efficiently for the direct oxidation of substituted benzylpyridines and 2-ethylpyridine in t-BuOH.