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N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed oxidations
Maki, Brooks E.,Chan, Audrey,Phillips, Eric M.,Scheidt, Karl A.
experimental part, p. 3102 - 3109 (2009/09/05)
N-Heterocyclic carbenes catalyze the oxidation of allylic and benzylic alcohols as well as saturated aldehydes to esters with manganese(IV) oxide in excellent yields. A variety of esters can be synthesized, including protected carboxylates. The oxidation proceeds under mild conditions, with low loadings of a simple triazolium salt pre-catalyst in the presence of base. Substrates containing potentially epimerizable centers are oxidized while preserving stereochemical integrity. The acyl triazolium intermediate generated under catalytic conditions can be employed as a chiral acylating agent in the desymmetrization of meso-diols.
N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed oxidation of unactivated aldehydes to esters
Maki, Brooks E.,Scheldt, Karl A.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4331 - 4334 (2009/06/06)
(Chemical Equation Presented) N-Heterocyclic carbenes catalyze the oxidation of unactivated aldehydes to esters with manganese(IV) oxide in excellent yield. The reaction proceeds through a transient activated alcohol, which when generated in situ allows for the selective oxidation of the aldehyde under mild conditions. These conditions successfully oxidize potentially epimerizable aldehydes and alcohols while preserving stereochemical integrity. A variety of ester derivatives can be synthesized with variation of the acylated alcohol as well as the unactivated aldehyde.
