Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Aromatic Alcohols and Acetonitrile to β-Ketonitriles

…, D Yang, Y Liu, S Qin, J Zhang, J Sun, C Liu, C Liu…

Index: Shen, Jiaxuan; Yang, Dejun; Liu, Yuxiao; Qin, Shuangshuang; Zhang, Jingwu; Sun, Jiangkai; Liu, Chunhui; Liu, Chaoyang; Zhao, Xiaomei; Chu, Changhu; Liu, Renhua Organic Letters, 2014 , vol. 16, # 2 p. 350 - 353

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Abstract

A practical, convenient, and cheap copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative coupling of aromatic alcohols and acetonitrile to β-ketonitriles has been developed. The green C–C bond formation involving the loss of two hydrogen atoms from the corresponding two carbons, respectively, unlocks opportunities for markedly different synthetic strategies.

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