The so-called Wacker-Tsuji oxidation is the laboratory scale version of the above reaction, for example the conversion of 1-decene to 2-decanone with palladium(II) chloride and copper(I) chloride in a water / dimethylformamide solvent mixture in the presence of air:
Some of the related chemistry on Wacker-like oxidations and aminations have been reviewed by Stahl and coworkers.
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