Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Allyl Alcohols with Intermolecular Hydrogen Transfer: Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
Kai Ren, Bei Hu, Mengmeng Zhao, Yahui Tu, Xiaomin Xie and Zhaoguo Zhang*
*School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China, Email:
zhaoguo
sjtu.edu.cn
K. Ren, B. Hu, M. Zhao, Y. Tu, X. Xie, Z. Zhang, J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 2170-2177.
DOI: 10.1021/jo500042h
Abstract
Ruthenium-catalyzed oxidation of multisubstituted allyl alcohols in the presence of benzaldehyde gives enals or enones in good yields via an intramolecular hydrogen transfer. This reaction offers an efficient, mild, and high-yielding access to substituted α,β-unsaturated compounds.
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