Green Oxidation of Isochromans to Isochromanones with Molecular Oxygen
Catalyzed by A Tetranuclear Vanadium Cluster
Abstract
Isochromanone is the core structure of many bioactive compounds. Direct
oxidation of isochromans is one of leading methods for the construction
of isochromanones, while most established processes remain suffering
from the use of environmental unfriendly metal oxidants, harsh reaction
conditions, and the difficulty in catalyst recycling and production
separation. Herein, we report a convenient, cost-effective, and green
method for the synthesis of high-value added isochromanones via
isochroman oxidations with O2 by a novel heterogeneous vanadium cluster
catalyst (Cat.1) under mild conditions. This reaction protocol
demonstrates high catalytic activity with good catalyst recyclability
and reusability for a wide scope of substrates.