Catalytic Aerobic Photooxidative Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Triple Bonds Using Carbon Tetrabromide

Tomoaki Yamaguchi, Tomoya Nobuta, Yasuhisa Kudo, Shin-ichi Hirashima, Norihiro Tada, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh*

*Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan, Email: itohagifu-pu.ac.jp

T. Yamaguchi, T. Nobuta, Y. Kudo, S.-i. Hirashima, N. Tada, T. Miura, A. Itoh, Synlett, 2013, 24, 607-610.

DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1318308

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Abstract

The presence of catalytic amounts of carbon tetrabromide enables an aerobic photooxidative cleavage of carbon-carbon triple bonds to carboxylic acids under photoirradiation.

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Key Words

photooxidation, aerobic, carbon tetrabromide, carbon-carbon triple bond, carboxylic acids

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ID: J60-Y2013-0720