Homogeneous, anaerobic (N-heterocyclic carbene)-Pd or -Ni catalyzed oxidation of secondary alcohols at mild temperatures

Christophe Berini; Daniel F Brayton; Corey Mocka; Oscar Navarro

doi:10.1021/ol901825u

Homogeneous, anaerobic (N-heterocyclic carbene)-Pd or -Ni catalyzed oxidation of secondary alcohols at mild temperatures

Org Lett. 2009 Sep 17;11(18):4244-7. doi: 10.1021/ol901825u.

Authors

Christophe Berini¹, Daniel F Brayton, Corey Mocka, Oscar Navarro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.

PMID: 19702279
DOI: 10.1021/ol901825u

Abstract

The use of aryl chlorides as oxidants for the selective oxidation of a variety of secondary alcohols in anaerobic conditions with (NHC)-Pd and -Ni systems (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) at very mild temperatures is presented.