Silver-catalyzed remote Csp3-H functionalization of aliphatic alcohols

Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 6;9(1):2625. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05014-w.

Abstract

Aliphatic alcohols are common and bulk chemicals in organic synthesis. The site-selective functionalization of non-activated aliphatic alcohols is attractive but challenging. Herein, we report a silver-catalyzed δ-selective Csp3-H bond functionalization of abundant and inexpensive aliphatic alcohols. Valuable oximonitrile substituted alcohols are easily obtained by using well-designed sulphonyl reagents under simple and mild conditions. This protocol realizes the challenging δ-selective C-C bond formation of simple alkanols.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't