Highly efficient synthesis of 9-fluorenones from 9H-fluorenes by air oxidation

Xin Zhang; Xuan Ji; Shanshan Jiang; Lili Liu; Brandon L. Weeks; Zhao Zhang

doi:10.1039/c1gc15136c

Highly efficient synthesis of 9-fluorenones from 9H-fluorenes by air oxidation

Xin Zhang, Xuan Ji, Shanshan Jiang, Lili Liu, Brandon L. Weeks, Zhao Zhang

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9-Fluorenones substituted with nitro, halogen, or alkyl groups can be easily obtained in high yield and purity by aerobic oxidation of 9H-fluorenes under ambient conditions in the presence of KOH in THF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1891-1896
Number of pages	6
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	13
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c1gc15136c
State	Published - Jul 5 2011

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Highly efficient synthesis of 9-fluorenones from 9H-fluorenes by air oxidation

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