Highly Efficient Synthesis of Phenols by Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids at Room Temperature in Water
Jimin Xu, Xinyan Wang*, Changwei Shao, Deyong Su, Guolin Cheng and Yuefei Hu*
*Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing
100084, P. R. China, Email: wangxinyan
mail.tsinghua.edu.cn,
yfhmail.tsinghua.edu.cn
J. Xu, X. Wang, C. Shao, D. Su, G. Cheng, Y. Hu, Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 1964-1967.
DOI: 10.1021/ol1003884
Abstract
A general and efficient copper-catalyzed oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids at room temperature in water gives phenols in excellent yields.
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ID: J54-Y2010-1220
