• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1209-1212
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• 2012

In spite of many reports in the literature concerning with oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carbonyl compounds with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ) in stoichiometric amounts or even more, we surprisingly found that benzylic alcohols are directly oxidized to oximes using a catalytic amount of DDQ in the presence of hydroxylamine hydrochloride under solvent-free conditions. The present tandem catalytic method can be efficiently used for preparation of oximes in the presence of some other functional groups with excellent chemoselectivity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.12
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• pp.2078-2080
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• 2005

• Journal of Photoscience
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.109-111
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• 2005

It was found that 1,4-diketones such as 1,4-diphenyl-l,4-butanediones containing N,N-dimethylaminophenyl (pDPB) and N,N-dimethylaminonaphthyl (nDPB) at C2 are converted into 3-(4-dimethylaminoaryl)-1-phenylpropan-lones (pPPA and nPPA) by treatment with $Ca(OH)_2$ in methanol, which was easily oxidized to enone, i.e., 3-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-l-phenylpropenones (pPPE and nPPE), when treated with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-l,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) in dichloromethane.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.314-319
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• 1998

One flask synthesis of dithienylmethane and difurylmethane is reported. The reaction of aldehydes with excess furan or thiophene affords the meso-phenyldithienylmethane (DTM) and meso-phenyldifurylmethane (DFM), respectively. The reaction is catalyzed with trifluoroacetic acid or with BF3·O(Et)2. An acyl group is selectively introduced in 1 and 9 position of difurylmethane and dithienylmethane by use of an acid chloride and tin (IV) chloride. The reduction of resulting 1,9-bisacyldifurylmethane or 1,9-bisacyldithienylmethane affords the corresponding 1,9-bis-diol. An acid catalyzed condensation of diol with meso-phenyldipyrromethane followed by oxidation with DDQ gives the porphyrins. The reaction resulted meso-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21,22-dithiaporphyrin (SSNN) or 15-mesityl-5,10,20-triphenyl-21,22-dioxaporphyrin (OONN), respectively. The formation of small amount of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (TPPH2) is also observed. The formation of TPP indicates that meso-phenyldipyrromethane is reversibly cleaved and form pyrrole and pyrrylbenzylcarbocation during the condensation. The proton nmr and electronic spectrum of the SSNN and OONN porphyrins are somewhat different from the previously synthesized meso-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21,23-dithiaporphyrin (SNSN) or meso-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21,23-dioxaporphyrin (ONON).