Functional transformation of aldehydes and ketones via homolytic induced decomposition of unsaturated peroxy acetals and peroxy ketals

Abstract

Induced decomposition of unsaturated peroxy acetals prepared from trimethyl orthoformate, dodecanal or 2-methylundecanal and 2,3-dimethyl-2-hydroperoxybut-3-ene, in the presence of ethyl iodoacetate, CCl₄ or dodecanethiol, allowed respectively their iodo-, chloro- and hydro- decarbonylation with yields of over 70%; the same reaction applied to the monoperoxy ketal or diperoxy ketal of cyclohexanone in the presence of ethyl iodoacetate resulted in its functional transformation in methyl 6-iodohexanoate or 1,5-diiodopentane with respective yields of 65 and 40%.