The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of alkyl oxocyclohexanecarboxylates
Abstract
Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of methyl 3- and 4-oxocyclohexanecarboxylates gave the expected hexanolides, whereas ethyl 2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate(I) gave 5-ethoxyoxalylpentanoic acid by way of ethyl 1-hydroxy-2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate, formed by epoxidation of the enol form of (I).