Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, Vol.156, No.1-2, 279-281, 2000
Aerobic oxidative cleavage of pinanediols by cobalt(II) acetylacetonate in the presence of 2-methylpropanal
The catalytic system made up of cobalt(II) acetylacetonate, 2-methylpropanal and dioxygen (or air) facilitated the oxidative cleavage of (1S,2S,3R,5S)-(+)-pinanediol 1a and (1 R,2R,3S,SR)-(-)-pinanediol 1b to enantiomerically pure cis-pinonic acids 4a-b.