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What is the role of p-benzoquinone in Wacker oxidation?
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What is the role of p-benzoquinone in Wacker oxidation?
I would say that benzoquinone is reduced to hydroquinone and it oxidizes the Pd back to Pd2+. Im not sure why they use this over the copper but I can see multiple reasons such as a) enviromental concerns: its probably easier to disopose the quinone than the heavy metal co-catalyst b) it just works better in the specific cases
dou you have literature example of this specific example?
I would say that benzoquinone is reduced to hydroquinone and it oxidizes the Pd back to Pd2+. Im not sure why they use this over the copper but I can see multiple reasons such as a) enviromental concerns: its probably easier to disopose the quinone than the heavy metal co-catalyst b) it just works better in the specific cases
dou you have literature example of this specific example?
a) enviromental concerns: its probably easier to disopose the quinone than the heavy metal co-catalyst
b) it just works better in the specific cases
dou you have literature example of this specific example?
a) enviromental concerns: its probably easier to disopose the quinone than the heavy metal co-catalyst
b) it just works better in the specific cases
dou you have literature example of this specific example?
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