TBHP-promoted direct oxidation reaction of benzylic Csp3–H bonds to ketones

Jiajing Tan; Tianyu Zheng; Yuqi Yu; Kun Xu

doi:10.1039/C7RA00352H

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TBHP-promoted direct oxidation reaction of benzylic C_sp³–H bonds to ketones†

Jiajing Tan,

*^a Tianyu Zheng,^a Yuqi Yu^c and Kun Xu*^b

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^a Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
E-mail: tanjj@mail.buct.edu.cn

^b College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan 473061, P. R. China
E-mail: xukun@nynu.edu.cn

^c China Academy of Engineering Physics, P. O. Box 919, Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Abstract

A metal-free oxidation system employing tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) has been developed for selective oxidation of structurally diverse benzylic sp³ C–H bonds. This low-cost methodology allows for rapid generation of synthetically and biologically valued arylketones in good to excellent yields from readily available alkylarenes and diarylmethanes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA00352H
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 09 Jan 2017
Accepted: 27 Feb 2017
First published: 07 Mar 2017
This article is Open Access

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RSC Adv., 2017,7, 15176-15180

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TBHP-promoted direct oxidation reaction of benzylic C_sp³–H bonds to ketones

J. Tan, T. Zheng, Y. Yu and K. Xu, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 15176 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA00352H

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