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Synthesis of Nitrones Using the Methyltrioxorhenium/Hydrogen Peroxide System
Robert W. Murray1, Kaliappan Iyanar, Jianxin Chen
1Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, Vancouver Laboratory, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6S 2L9.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|November 15, 1996
Abstract:
Secondary amines are oxidized by the methyltrioxorhenium/hydrogen peroxide system to the corresponding nitrones in excellent yield. The results provide a further example of the parallel between the chemistry of this metal system and that of the dioxiranes.