Aerobic Synthesis of Zinc Organophosphate Complexes from Elemental Zinc: Enabling Phosphoric Acid Diester-Based Catalysis for O ₂ -Mediated Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

Daiki Mori; Motoya Nii; Shunta Nakamura; Fumitoshi Yagishita; Hitoshi Mizuguchi; Keiji Minagawa; Yukihiro Arakawa

doi:10.1039/d6qo00244g

January 1, 2026Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Aerobic Synthesis of Zinc Organophosphate Complexes from Elemental Zinc: Enabling Phosphoric Acid Diester-Based Catalysis for O ₂ -Mediated Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

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The aim is to develop a method for synthesizing zinc organophosphate complexes from elemental zinc and phosphoric acid diesters under mild conditions.
Conducted aerobic synthesis using elemental zinc and phosphoric acid diesters.
Utilized mild, ambient conditions for the synthesis process.
Focused on the applicability of the synthesized complexes for catalysis.
Successfully synthesized zinc organophosphate complexes, confirming their structure.
Demonstrated the complexes' activity as catalysts in Baeyer-Villiger oxidation reactions.
Highlighted the mild conditions compared to traditional methods.

Implication

This research demonstrates aerobic synthesis of zinc organophosphate complexes, suggesting a new approach for oxidation reactions.

Abstract

We report the first aerobic synthesis of zinc organophosphate complexes, Zn[O 2 P(OR) 2 ] 2 , from inexpensive elemental zinc (Zn(0)) and structurally diverse phosphoric acid diesters (PADs) under ambient conditions. This mild and operationally...

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Mori et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Aerobic Synthesis of Zinc Organophosphate Complexes from Elemental Zinc: Enabling Phosphoric Acid Diester-Based Catalysis for O ₂ -Mediated Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

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Aerobic Synthesis of Zinc Organophosphate Complexes from Elemental Zinc: Enabling Phosphoric Acid Diester-Based Catalysis for O ₂ -Mediated Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation

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