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Division of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
E-mail: Chuo.Chen@UTSouthwestern.edu
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Chem. Sci., 2012,3, 2240-2245
DOI:
10.1039/C2SC20178J
Received
10 Feb 2012,
Accepted
13 Apr 2012
First published online
13 Apr 2012
Vanadium complexes have been used extensively to catalyze olefin and alcohol oxidation. However, their application in C–H oxidation has not been well-studied. We report herein that commercially available Cp2VCl2 catalyzes benzylic C–H oxidation selectively and effectively, giving no aromatic oxidation products.