Oxidation-Reduction Hydration of Olefins with Molecular Oxygen and 2-Propanol Catalyzed by Bis(acetylacetonato)cobalt(II)

• DOI: 10.1246/cl.1989.449
• Publication Date: 2006-05-02T07:06:56Z
• Authors: Teruaki Mukaiyama; Shigeru Isayama; Satoshi Inoki; Koji Kato; Tohru Yamada; Toshihiro Takai
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Abstract In the presence of a catalytic amount of bis(acetylacetonato)cobalt(II), various olefins are hydrated with oxygen and secondary alcohol to afford the corresponding alcohols together with alkanes and ketones via Oxidation-Reduction process. Effect of additives in the present hydration reaction shows that 2,6-lutidine and 2-picoline inhibit the production of alkanes in a large extent to result in the better yielding of alcohols.