Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation and Oxidative Cascade Reactions with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Lipophilic Li[B(C6F5)4] and Ca[B(C6F5)4]2

Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation and Oxidative Cascade Reactions with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Lipophilic Li[B(C6F5)4] and Ca[B(C6F5)4]2:

Efficient and selective: Two lipophilic catalysts were used for Baeyer–Villiger (BV) oxidations to give lactones in high yields (see scheme). Cascade reactions involving this BV oxidation were used to selectively obtain either unsaturated carboxylic acids or hydroxylactones in high yields from β-silyl cyclohexanones.

An instance of using Ca(BArF20)2.