The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of a model cyclic ketone, 2-adamantanone, using H₂O₂ as the oxidizing agent, was systematically studied using a range of metal triflates in toluene. The extremely high activity of Sn(OTf)₂ in promoting the oxidation, allowing full conversion of the ketone and lactone formation in a very short time (20 min, molar ratio Sn(OTf)₂:ketone:30 wt% aq. H₂O₂ = 0.1:1.0:2.0 at 70 °C) was reported for the first time. Next, Sn(OTf)₂ was used as an active phase and immobilized on various (nano)carbon materials. The application of the most active catalyst using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) (length 1.5 μm, outer diameter 9.5 nm) as a carrier allowed to reduce the amount of the active phase (Sn(OTf)₂) to 0.26 mol% per ketone (full conversion of ketone to lactone was achieved after 20 min at 90 °C for molar ratio catalyst:ketone:30 wt% aq. H₂O₂: 0.0026:1.00:2.00, or full conversion of ketone to lactone was achieved after 1 h at 70 °C for molar ratio catalyst:ketone:60 wt% aq. H₂O₂: 0.0026:1.00:1.50). The superactivity was related to spherical nanosize Sn(OTf)₂ particles (ca. 2 nm) dispersed along the outer nanotube walls. The participation of both Lewis and Brønsted acids sites in the conversion of the ketone was postulated. A simple test with the generation of a retinyl cation shown that Sn(OTf)₂ underwent partial hydrolysis to triflic acid.

使用一系列在甲苯中的金属三氟甲磺酸，系统地研究了使用H ₂ O ₂作为氧化剂对模型环状酮2-金刚烷酮的Baeyer-Villiger氧化。Sn（OTf）₂具有极高的促进氧化的活性，可在非常短的时间内（20分钟，Sn（OTf）₂：酮：30 wt％H ₂水溶液）完全转化酮和内酯。 首次报告在70°C时O ₂ = 0.1：1.0：2.0。接下来，Sn（OTf）₂将其用作活性相并固定在各种（纳米）碳材料上。使用多壁碳纳米管（MWCNT）（长度1.5μm，外径9.5 nm）作为载体的活性最高的催化剂可以将活性相（Sn（OTf）₂）的量减少至每摩尔0.26 mol％酮（在90°C下20分钟后，对于催化剂：酮：30 wt％H ₂ O ₂水溶液：0.0026：1.00：2.00的摩尔比，酮完全转化为内酯，或者在反应后将酮完全转化为内酯对于70：1摩尔比的催化剂：酮：60 wt％H ₂ O ₂水溶液：0.0026：1.00：1.50）。超活性与球形纳米Sn（OTf）_2有关颗粒（约2 nm）沿纳米管外壁分散。假设路易斯酸和布朗斯台德酸位点都参与了酮的转化。一个简单的生成视黄酸阳离子的测试表明，Sn（OTf）₂经历了部分水解为三氟甲磺酸。