Aerobic oxidation of aldehydes to acids in water with cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene copper under mild conditions

Songbo Xu, Xiaomin Zhang, Wenjie Xiong, Ping Li, Wentao Ma, Xingbang Hu, Youting Wu

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Abstract

In this work, cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene copper ((CAAC)Cu) catalyzed aerobic oxidation of aldehydes in water at room temperature has been reported. Good to excellent yields were obtained using different substrates. A possible reaction mechanism was proposed, in which (CAAC)Cu dioxygen activates the C-H bond of aldehyde with a low barrier of 10.6

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2132-2135
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume58
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Feb 2022
Externally publishedYes

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