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ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 13, Issue 13, Pages 9264-9273Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c02301
Keywords
aryl ethers; hydrolysis; C-Obond cleavage; vanadium catalysis; photoredox catalysis; lignin
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Photoredox and vanadate cocatalyzed hydrolysis of aryl ethers enables the cleavage of C-O bonds at ambient temperature under mild reaction conditions. This method offers a preferred option for C-O bond cleavage and demonstrates potential application to lignin degradation.
Cleavageof aryl ether C-O bonds is significantfor bothbiomass utilization and synthetic chemistry. However, a general methodwith high selectivity and atom economy, under mild reaction conditions,is unavailable. Herein, we describe photoredox and vanadate cocatalyzedhydrolysis of aryl ethers to cleave C-O bonds at ambient temperaturevia a cation radical-accelerated nucleophilic aromatic substitutionenabled by a hydroxyl shuttle pathway. Specifically,a vanadate derived from V2O5 in situ hydrolysisserves as a nucleophile to an aryl ether radical cation due to noncovalentinteractions. A favorable V & BULL;& BULL;& BULL;O interaction in thecorresponding Meisenheimer-like intermediate facilitates ether C-Obond cleavage. In situ hydrolysis of the resulting phenyl vanadateenables nucleophilic vanadate catalyst recycling. Cooperation of theseprocesses complete the transfer of hydroxyl groups from water to areneradical cations. This method offers a preferred option for C-Obond cleavage and demonstrates potential application to lignin degradation.
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