The oxidation of ethane-1,2-diol resulting from molecular oxygen activation by copper: formation of an oxoethanoate complex precedes carbon–carbon bond cleavage
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 1698-1699
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39930001698
Abstract
The aerial oxidation of ethane-1,2-diol in the presence of copper metal and pyridine (py) at room temperature and atmospheric pressure produces [Cu(py)2(HCO2)2]·H2O and [Cu2(py)4(OCH2CO2)2]·(CH2OH)2; the structure of the latter has been fully elucidated by an X-ray study.Keywords
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