title: Easy access to benzylic esters directly from alkyl benzenes under metal-free conditions.
abstract: An efficient metal free protocol has been developed for the synthesis of benzylic esters via a cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) involving alkylbenzene(s) as a self- or as a cross-coupling partner(s) via the intermediacy of Ar-COOH and the benzylic carbocation obtained from the other half of the alkylbenzene; both symmetrical as well as unsymmetrical esters can be prepared using Bu4NI and TBHP.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781 039, Assam, India.
authors: Ganesh
authors: G
authors: Majji
authors: Srimanta
authors: S
authors: Guin
authors: Anupal
authors: A
authors: Gogoi
authors: Saroj Kumar
authors: SK
authors: Rout
authors: Bhisma K
authors: BK
authors: Patel