Aerobic oxidative C?C bond cleavage of aromatic alkenes by a high valency iron-containing perovskite catalyst

Abstract

High valency iron-containing perovskite catalyst BaFeO3-dcould efficiently promote the additive-free oxidative C?C bond cleavage of various aromatic alkenes to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones using O2as the sole oxidant. This system was applicable to the gram-scale oxidation of 1,1-diphenylethylene, in which 2.71 g (75% yield) of the analytically pure ketone could be isolated.