The nickel-catalyzed reductive cleavage of esters in the absence of an external reductant, which involves the cleavage of an inert acyl C–O bond in O-alkyl esters is reported.
Alcohol oxidation and aldol condensation during base-catalyzed reaction of primary alcohols with 1-chloroanthraquinone
作者:Hossein Shabany、Ernesto Abel、John P Evans、Ian M McRobbie、George W Gokel
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)01142-4
日期:2000.8
When chloroanthraquinone is treated with primary alcohols under basic conditions, the notoriously low yields observed for substitution result in part from oxidation of the alcohol followed by aldol condensation.