[FeIII(TF4DMAP)OTf] catalysed anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H2O2 as a terminal oxidant

Yi-Dan Du; Chun-Wai Tse; Zhen-Jiang Xu; Yungen Liu; Chi-Ming Che

doi:10.1039/C4CC05972G

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[Fe^III(TF₄DMAP)OTf] catalysed anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H₂O₂ as a terminal oxidant†

Yi-Dan Du,^a Chun-Wai Tse,^b Zhen-Jiang Xu,*^a Yungen Liu^b and Chi-Ming Che*^ab

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^a Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 354 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai, China
E-mail: xuzhenjiang@mail.sioc.ac.cn

^b Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: cmche@hku.hk
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Abstract

Anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of N-methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H₂O₂ as a terminal oxidant under mild conditions have been achieved with moderate to good product yields using [Fe^III(TF₄DMAP)OTf] as catalyst.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC05972G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 31 Jul 2014
Accepted: 22 Aug 2014
First published: 26 Aug 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 12669-12672

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[Fe^III(TF₄DMAP)OTf] catalysed anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H₂O₂ as a terminal oxidant

Y. Du, C. Tse, Z. Xu, Y. Liu and C. Che, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12669 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05972G

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