Issue 10, 2013
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Green Chemistry

One-pot transformation of alkynes into alcohols and amines with formic acid†

Jia Li,a   Chao Wang,*a   Dong Xue,a   Yawen Weia  and  Jianliang Xiao*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
E-mail: c.wang@snnu.edu.cn
Tel: +86-29-85310840

b Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
E-mail: jxiao@liverpool.ac.uk

Abstract

Alkynes are converted into alcohols and amines through a formic acid-participated alkyne-to-ketone transformation and transfer hydrogenation process. The reaction proceeds well under aqueous conditions, furnishing chiral alcohols directly from alkynes for the first time.

Graphical abstract: One-pot transformation of alkynes into alcohols and amines with formic acid

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC41133H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jun 2013
Accepted
01 Aug 2013
First published
02 Aug 2013

Green Chem., 2013,15, 2685-2689

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One-pot transformation of alkynes into alcohols and amines with formic acid

J. Li, C. Wang, D. Xue, Y. Wei and J. Xiao, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 2685 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41133H

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