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REACTION OF para-NITROPHENOXYPROPYNYLCOPPER WITH BENZOYL CHLORIDE
Tumasheva, L. V.,Filippova, A. Kh.,Lyashenko, G. S.,Vyazankin, N. S.
, p. 2563 - 2564 (1984)
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Copper-mediated simple and direct aerobic oxidative esterification of arylacetonitriles with alcohols/phenols
Dong, Jianyu,Chen, Xiuling,Ji, Fangyan,Liu, Lixin,Su, Lebin,Mo, Min,Tang, Jian-Sheng,Zhou, Yongbo
, (2020/10/20)
A simple and direct aerobic oxidative esterification reaction of arylacetonitriles with alcohols/phenols is achieved in the presence of a copper salt and molecular oxygen, which produces a broad range of aryl carboxylic acid esters in good to high yields. Copper salt plays multiple roles in the transformation, which allows the oxygenation of C-H bond, cleavage of inert C-C bond, and formation of C-O bond in one pot without the assistance of any of the acids, bases, ligands, and so on. The reaction provides a simple, direct, and efficient protocol towards functionalized esters, especially aryl benzoates, from readily available starting materials.
Tropolonate salts as acyl-transfer catalysts under thermal and photochemical conditions: Reaction scope and mechanistic insights
Mai, Binh Khanh,Koenigs, Rene M.,Nguyen, Thanh Vinh,Lyons, Demelza J.M.,Empel, Claire,Pace, Domenic P.,Dinh, An H.
, p. 12596 - 12606 (2020/11/18)
Acyl-transfer catalysis is a frequently used tool to promote the formation of carboxylic acid derivatives, which are important synthetic precursors and target compounds in organic synthesis. However, there have been only a few structural motifs known to efficiently catalyze the acyl-transfer reaction. Herein, we introduce a different acyl-transfer catalytic paradigm based on the tropolone framework. We show that tropolonate salts, due to their strong nucleophilicity and photochemical activity, can promote the coupling reaction between alcohols and carboxylic acid anhydrides or chlorides to give products under thermal or blue light photochemical conditions. Kinetic studies and density functional theory calculations suggest interesting mechanistic insights for reactions promoted by this acyl-transfer catalytic system.