Copper catalyzed oxidative esterification of aldehydes with alkylbenzenes via cross dehydrogenative coupling

Saroj Kumar Rout; Srimanta Guin; Krishna Kanta Ghara; Arghya Banerjee; Bhisma K Patel

doi:10.1021/ol301756y

Copper catalyzed oxidative esterification of aldehydes with alkylbenzenes via cross dehydrogenative coupling

Org Lett. 2012 Aug 3;14(15):3982-5. doi: 10.1021/ol301756y. Epub 2012 Jul 20.

Authors

Saroj Kumar Rout¹, Srimanta Guin, Krishna Kanta Ghara, Arghya Banerjee, Bhisma K Patel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Indian Institution of Technology, Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, India.

PMID: 22817825
DOI: 10.1021/ol301756y

Abstract

Copper(II) as the catalyst in a cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction has been demonstrated for the synthesis of benzylic esters using aldehydes and alkylbenzenes as coupling partners.