Abstract

Non-stoichiometric manganese dioxide prepared electrochemically at room temperature and suspended in dilute sulphuric acid is used to oxidise isosafrole to piperonal in 54% isolated yield. The manganese dioxide-manganese(II) sulphate system can be recycled electrochemically at high current density. It has the further advantage that water-soluble materials derived from the chemical oxidation step can be removed by filtration at the manganese dioxide stage. Direct oxidation of isosafrole at a lead dioxide anode leads to further oxidation of the piperonal.

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