KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF ACETYLENIC BOND OXIDATION BY ALKALINE PERMANGANATE

摘要

A study was made on the permanganate oxidation of acetylenic compounds in aqueous alkaline media.A reaction path involving the formation of bicyclic intermediates is proposed.The relationship between reactivity and structure can be explained by the assumption that following organometallic pi-complex formation nucleophilic attack of permanganate O-atoms takes place on the bridgehead C-atoms of the triple bond.