Gold(I)-catalyzed oxidative cleavage of a C-C double bond in water.
[reaction: see text] Oxidative cleavage of the C=C bond to afford ketone or aldehyde products with tert-butyl hydrogenperoxide (TBHP) as the oxidant can be catalyzed by AuCl with neocuproine (1) in water.
Xing
Dong
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Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Guan
Bingtao
B
Cai
Guixin
G
Fang
Zhao
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Yang
Liping
L
Shi
Zhangjie
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