Site-selective electrooxidation of methylarenes to aromatic acetals

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 2706 - 8
• Main Authors: Xiong, Peng, Zhao, Huai-Bo, Fan, Xue-Ting, Jie, Liang-Hua, Long, Hao, Xu, Pin, Liu, Zhan-Jiang, Wu, Zheng-Jian, Cheng, Jun, Xu, Hai-Chao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 119/118; 140/131; 140/58; 639/638/161; 639/638/403/933; 639/638/549; Acetals; Aldehydes; Antihypertensives; Catalysts; Electrochemistry; Functional groups; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Oxidants; Oxidation; Oxidizing agents; Oxygenation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Synthesis; Transition metals

Aldehyde is one of most synthetically versatile functional groups and can participate in numerous chemical transformations. While a variety of simple aromatic aldehydes are commercially available, those with a more complex substitution pattern are often difficult to obtain. Benzylic oxygenation of m...