1998 carboxylic acids

carboxylic acids (benzene compounds)Q 0420

02 - 071Oxidative Cleavage of Aryl Oxazolines UsingMethyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane Generated in situ. — Ox-idative cleavage of the oxazoline ring in (I) and (IV) using the title dioxiraneforms intermediate nitroesters of type (II), which can be isolated in somecases. Hydrolysis of these compounds affords the corresponding benzoic acids.— (YANG, D.; YIP, Y.-C.; WANG, X.-C.; Tetrahedron Lett. 38 (1997) 40,7083-7086; Dep. Chem., Univ. Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peop. Rep. China; EN)

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