Metal-Free Reductive Cleavage of Benzylic Esters and Ethers: Fragmentations Result from Single and Double Electron Transfers
作者:Eswararao Doni、Steven O'Sullivan、John A. Murphy
DOI:10.1002/anie.201208066
日期:2013.2.18
The mechanisms for the reductive cleavage of benzylicesters and ethers by neutral organic electron donor 1 are different (see scheme). Products isolated from the cleavage of benzylic ethers result from the transfer of two electrons, without the intermediacy of benzyl radicals, which are believed to be intermediates in the reductive cleavage of benzylicesters.