Chemistry > Aldehydes and Ketones > 15.0 Oxidation of Aldehydes And Ketones

  Aldehydes and Ketones
    1.0 Introduction
    2.0 Methods of Preparation
    3.0 Physical Properties
    4.0 Relative Reactivities of Carbonyl Compounds
    5.0 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles
    6.0 Haloform Reactions
    7.0 Aldol Condensations
    8.0 Claisen Condensation
    9.0 Intramolecular Claisen Condensation
    10.0 Cannizzaro Reaction
    11.0 Reformatsky Reaction
    12.0 Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles
    13.0 Addition of Oxygen Nucleophile
    14.0 Addition of Sulphur Nucleophile
    15.0 Oxidation of Aldehydes And Ketones
    16.0 Reduction of Aldehyde and Ketones
    17.0 Other Reactions Of Aldehydes And Ketones

15.5 Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

Both aldehyde and ketones are oxidized by peroxy acids. This reaction, called the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, is especially useful with Ketones, because it converts them to carboxylic esters. For example, treating acetophenone with a peroxy acid converts it to the ester phenyl acetate.


Mechanism



The product of this reaction show that a phenyl group has a greater tendency to migrate than a methyl group. Had this not been the case, the product would have been ${C_6}{H_5}COOC{H_3}$ and not $C{H_3}COO{C_6}{H_5}$. This tendency of a group to migrate is called is migratory aptitude. Studies of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and other reaction have shown that the migratory aptitude of groups $H > phenyl > 3^\circ {\text{ }}alkyl > 2^\circ {\text{ }}alkyl{\text{ }}1^\circ {\text{ }}alkyl > methyl.$ In all cases, this order is for groups migrating with their electron pairs, that is, as anions.


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