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

Key Points

• 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.