Oxygen → Cyclooctene-3-one

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 1.10 grams (10 millimoles) of cyclooctene, 0.13 gram (0.8 millimole) of N-hydroxyphthalimide, 0.021 gram (0.06 millimole) of acetylacetonatocobalt Co(AA)2 and 25 milliliters of acetonitrile was stirred in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C. for 6 hours. The product in the reaction mixture was analyzed with gas chromatography. Cyclooctene was transformed, with a transformation rate of 95%, into 2-cycloocten-1-one (cyclooctene-based selectivity 82%, yield 78%) and 2-cycloocten-1-ol (cyclooctene-based selectivity 16%, yield 15%).

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