Catalyst-Controlled Highly Selective Coupling and Oxygenation of Olefins: A Direct Approach to Alcohols, Ketones, and Diketones
作者:Yijin Su、Xiang Sun、Guolin Wu、Ning Jiao
DOI:10.1002/anie.201303917
日期:2013.9.9
Oxygen? That's radical! A method for the direct synthesis of substituted alcohols, ketones, and diketones through a catalyst‐controlled highly chemoselective coupling and oxygenation of olefins has been developed. The method is simple and practical, can be switched by the selection of different catalysts, and employs molecular oxygen as both an oxidant and a reagent.
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