The Reims Journey Towards Discovery and Understanding of Pd-Catalyzed Oxidations

Abstract

This review recounts the development by the authors of the Pd-catalyzed procedures devoted to various kinds of oxidation. Starting with reactions assisted with UV light, the research has explored reactions under light-free conditions: allylic oxidation, alcohol oxidation, etherification, Wacker oxidation and dehydrogenations with, always, accompanying efforts towards mechanism determination.

Keywords

• palladium
• catalysis
• oxidations
• dehydrogenations
• c–h activation