Cheng-Yong Wang, Ren-Jie Song, Wen-Ting Wei, Jian-Hong Fan and Jin-Heng Li
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 2361-2363
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC09393C,
Communication
We here describe a new copper-catalyzed oxidative coupling of acids with alkanes for the selective synthesis of allylic esters and alkylalkenes. This method achieves multiple dehydrogenation and esterification, representing a new unactivated C(sp3)–H oxidative esterification of acids with common alkanes.