Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.6, 582-583, 2002
Selective nitrous oxide oxidation for C-H oxidation and aromatization of 9,10-dihydroanthracene derivatives
During the nitrous oxide oxidation of 9,10-dihydroanthracene derivatives catalyzed by the ruthenium-porphyrin complexes, anthraquinones were selectively afforded by the C-H oxidation of the benzylic carbon under the appropriate reaction conditions, whereas anthracenes as a result of oxidative aromatization were selectively obtained in the presence of sulfuric acid.