Controlled Alcohol–Carbonyl Interconversion by Nickel Catalysis

T Maekawa, H Sekizawa, K Itami

Index: Maekawa, Takehisa; Sekizawa, Hiromi; Itami, Kenichiro Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2011 , vol. 50, # 31 p. 7022 - 7026

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Abstract

The ability to transform one functional group into another lies at the heart of organic chemistry. Such functional-group interconversions do not involve carbon–carbon bond- forming reactions and are thus seen as less efficient for the construction of complex molecules, however, these interconversions are often critical to “set up” a molecule for such a transformation. The oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols (1 and 3) to produce ...