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Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron Lett. 2011 Apr 20;52(16):1871–1873. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.02.029

Table 1.

Isolated yields of dione (6) via the Wacker-Tsuji oxidation of enone (5) for a variety of catalyst and reactant amounts, as well as temperature.

Na₂PdCl₄ (mol equiv)	tert-BuOOH (mol equiv)	Temperature (°C)	Yield (%)
0.2	1.5	50	24
0.2	1.5	100	11
0.2	3	50	36
0.2	3	30	36
0.1	1.5	50	30
0.1	3	50	37
0.4	1.5	50	22

Na₂PdCl₄ (mol equiv)	tert-BuOOH (mol equiv)	Temperature (°C)	Yield (%)
0.2	1.5	50	24
0.2	1.5	100	11
0.2	3	50	36
0.2	3	30	36
0.1	1.5	50	30
0.1	3	50	37
0.4	1.5	50	22

Na₂PdCl₄ (mol equiv)	tert-BuOOH (mol equiv)	Temperature (°C)	Yield (%)
0.2	1.5	50	24
0.2	1.5	100	11
0.2	3	50	36
0.2	3	30	36
0.1	1.5	50	30
0.1	3	50	37
0.4	1.5	50	22

Na₂PdCl₄ (mol equiv)	tert-BuOOH (mol equiv)	Temperature (°C)	Yield (%)
0.2	1.5	50	24
0.2	1.5	100	11
0.2	3	50	36
0.2	3	30	36
0.1	1.5	50	30
0.1	3	50	37
0.4	1.5	50	22