Transition-metal-free aerobic oxidative cleavage of C-C bonds in α-hydroxy ketones and mechanistic insight to the reaction pathway

Hui Liu, Chao Dong, Zeguang Zhang, Peiyu Wu, Xuefeng Jiang

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Abstract

Clear cut: For the title reaction, O2, the ideal oxidant, was used as the only oxidizing reagent. The dimer intermediate (see scheme) and isotopic labeling control experiments with 18O2 partially disclosed the reaction mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12570-12574
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume51
Issue number50
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Dec 2012

Keywords

  • C-C bond cleavage
  • esterification
  • oxidation
  • synthetic methods
  • α-hydroxy ketones

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