Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Oxidative 1,2-Difunctionalization of Ethylene via Gold-Catalyzed Oxyarylation


Oxidative 1,2-Difunctionalization of Ethylene via Gold-Catalyzed Oxyarylation
Matthew J. Harper†, Edward J. Emmett, John F. Bower , and Christopher A. Russell

School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, United Kingdom

Link:J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (36), pp 12386–12389

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06668
Publication Date (Web): August 22, 2017




Abstract




Under the conditions of oxidative gold catalysis, exposure of ethylene to aryl silanes and alcohols generates products of 1,2-oxyarylation. This provides a rare example of a process that allows catalytic differential 1,2-difunctionalization of this feedstock chemical.

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