Electrochemical Deoxygenation of Primary Alcohols
Kevin Lam, István E. Markó*
*Département de Chimie, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Université
catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Email:
istvan.marko
uclouvain.be
K. Lam, I. E. Markő, Synlett, 2012, 23, 1235-1239.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1290778
Abstract
Direct electrolysis of primary alcohols leads smoothly to the formation of the corresponding deoxygenated product in high yield in the presence of methyl toluate.
see article for more examples
Organic electrosynthesis using toluates as simple and versatile radical precursors
K. Lam, I. E. Markó, Chem. Commun., 2009, 95-97.
Key Words
deoxygenation, electrochemical, esters, reduction, free radicals, electrochemistry
ID: J60-Y2012-1460
