Issue 62, 2019
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Chemical Communications

Electrochemical synthesis of 1,2-diketones from alkynes under transition-metal-catalyst-free conditions†

Jie Zhou,‡a   Xiang-Zhang Tao,‡a   Jian-Jun Dai, ORCID logo *a   Chen-Guang Li,a   Jun Xu, ORCID logo a   Hong-Mei Xua  and  Hua-Jian Xu ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Food and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
E-mail: daijj@hfut.edu.cn, hjxu@hfut.edu.cn

Abstract

We report an electrochemical protocol for the direct oxidation of internal alkynes in air to provide 1,2-diketones. A variety of functional groups and heterocycle-containing substrates can be tolerated well under mild conditions.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical synthesis of 1,2-diketones from alkynes under transition-metal-catalyst-free conditions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC03996A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 May 2019
Accepted
09 Jul 2019
First published
09 Jul 2019

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 9208-9211

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Electrochemical synthesis of 1,2-diketones from alkynes under transition-metal-catalyst-free conditions

J. Zhou, X. Tao, J. Dai, C. Li, J. Xu, H. Xu and H. Xu, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9208 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC03996A

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