Stable ethers are successfully transformed into secondary alcohols via C–O bond activation using a simple cobalt pincer catalyst. Mechanistic studies indicate the involvement of radical pairs, and their sequential recombination and the subsequent hydrolysis results in the formation of secondary alcohols.
![Graphical abstract: Cobalt-catalysed [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement of ethers to secondary alcohols](/en/Image/Get?imageInfo.ImageType=GA&imageInfo.ImageIdentifier.ManuscriptID=D2CC06937G&imageInfo.ImageIdentifier.Year=2023)
S. Pattanaik, A. Kumar and C. Gunanathan, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 1853 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06937G
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