Hydrosilane and bismuth-accelerated palladium catalyzed aerobic oxidative esterification of benzylic alcohols with air.
In a palladium-catalyzed oxidative esterification, hydrosilane can serve as an activator of palladium catalyst with bismuth, thus leading to a novel ligand- and silver-free palladium catalyst system for facile oxidative esterification of a variety of benzylic alcohols in good yields.
Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
Xing-Feng
XF
Bai
Fei
F
Ye
Long-Sheng
LS
Zheng
Guo-Qiao
GQ
Lai
Chun-Gu
CG
Xia
Li-Wen
LW
Xu