Oxone as an inexpensive, safe, and environmentally benign oxidant for C-H bond oxygenation.

ABSTRACT

[reaction see text] This paper describes the application of peroxide-based oxidants in the Pd(OAc)(2)-catalyzed acetoxylation and etherification of arene and alkane C-H bonds. Oxone in acetic acid and/or methanol proved particularly effective, and these transformations were applied to a wide variety of substrates.