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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
Volume 354, Issue 4, Pages 701-711Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100563
Keywords
autoxidation; Bronsted acid catalysis; C?C coupling; C?H activation; high-pressure chemistry; oxygen
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An aerobic organocatalytic oxidative C?C bond formation reaction of benzylic C?H bonds with various C-nucleophiles is described. The coupling reaction proceeds by simply stirring the substrates under elevated partial pressure of oxygen in the presence of a sulfonic acid catalyst at room temperature. Elevation of the pressure enables the reaction of a broad scope of nucleophile substrates otherwise showing poor reactivity at ambient pressure. The benzylic C?H bonds of xanthene, acridanes, isochromane and related heterocycles could be functionalized with nucleophiles including ketones, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and aldehydes. Electron-rich arenes could be utilized as nucleophiles at elevated temperatures. The reactions are believed to proceed via autoxidation of the benzylic C?H bonds to the hydroperoxides and subsequent nucleophilic substitution catalyzed by sulfonic acids.
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