Abstract

In this communication, we report the gentle preparation of sobrerol from dihydroxylation of α-pinene synergistically catalyzed by V2O5-H2O2 under benign conditions. It was proposed that a “peroxo vanadium acid”, VVO(OH)(OOH), was formed by HOO− insertion and proton transfer between V2O5 and H2O2. Theoretical DFT calculations that using the dimer‑vanadium peracid as a model of the catalytically active species revealed that peroxo vanadium acid exhibited bifunctional catalytic capabilities resembling epoxidation of α-pinene by peracetic acid and then open-ring hydration with an acetic media.

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