Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Synthesis: Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 02(45), p. 246-250
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Boron trifluoride was found to serve as an efficient catalyst for the reaction of beta,delta-triketones with H2O2 producing tricyclic monoperoxides in yields from 48-93%. BF3 acts simultaneously as a catalyst and co-solvent. The synthesis can be scaled up to tens of grams. The resulting peroxides can be easily isolated from the reaction mixture by column chromatography.