Abstract
Abstract β-Citronellol and geraniol are bio-renewable compounds found in essential oils of various plants. Allylic oxidation of trisubstituted sterically highly encumbered carbon-carbon double bonds in their molecules with dioxygen can be efficiently catalyzed by the palladium acetate/p-benzoquinone combination under 5−10 atm of dioxygen pressure without the need for conventionally used metal co-catalysts. Both substrates gave allyl acetates in ca. 90% combined yield. The oxidation of geraniol proceeded with excellent site-selectivity involving only one of its two C C bonds. Geraniol gave both linear and branched allyl acetates in comparable yields, whereas the reaction of β-citronellol showed high regioselectivity for the corresponding branched product. Polyfunctionalized oxygenated terpenes produced from β-citronellol and geraniol are of a potential importance as ingredients for fragrance compositions.
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