Tetrahedron

Copper-catalyzed benzylic oxidation of C (sp 3)–H bonds

B Zhang, SF Zhu, QL Zhou

Index: Zhang, Bo; Zhu, Shou-Fei; Zhou, Qi-Lin Tetrahedron, 2013 , vol. 69, # 8 p. 2033 - 2037

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Abstract

A selective oxidation of benzylic C (sp3)–H bonds to C (sp3)–O bonds catalyzed by copper complexes of quinoline–imine ligands was developed with peresters as oxidants under mild reaction conditions, which converted benzylic methylenes directly into benzylic alcohols and