5808-11-7Relevant articles and documents
Radical chain reduction of alkylboron compounds with catechols
Villa, Giorgio,Povie, Guillaume,Renaud, Philippe
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5913 - 5920 (2011/06/16)
The conversion of alkylboranes to the corresponding alkanes is classically per-formed via protonolysis of alkylboranes. This simple reaction requires the use of severe reaction conditions, that is, treatment with a carboxylic acid at high temperature (>150 °C). We report here a mild radical procedure for the transformation of organoboranes to alkanes. 4-tert-Butylcatechol, a well-established radical inhibitor and antioxidant, is acting as a source of hydrogen atoms. An efficient chain reaction is observed due to the exceptional reactivity of phenoxyl radicals toward alkylboranes. The reaction has been applied to a wide range of organoboron derivatives such as B- alkylcatecholboranes, trialkylboranes, pinacolboronates, and alkylboronic acids. Furthermore, the so far elusive rate constants for the hydrogen transfer between secondary alkyl radical and catechol derivatives have been experimentally determined. Interestingly, they are less than 1 order of magnitude slower than that of tin hydride at 80 °C, making catechols particularly attractive for a wide range of transformations involving C-C bond formation.
Alcohol inversion using cesium carboxylates and DMAP in toluene
Hawryluk,Snider
, p. 8379 - 8380 (2007/10/03)
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Oxidation of ethers to esters by photo-irradiation with benzil and oxygen
Seto, Hideharu,Yoshida, Keigo,Yoshida, Shigeo,Shimizu, Takeshi,Seki, Hiroshi,Hoshino, Mikio
, p. 4179 - 4182 (2007/10/03)
A novel method for the conversion of ethers to esters by photo-oxidation using benzil and molecular oxygen, and its plausible reaction mechanism participated by benzoylperoxy radical are described.
