title: Aerobic oxidation of NHC-catalysed aldehyde esterifications with alcohols: benzoin, not the Breslow intermediate, undergoes oxidation.
abstract: Benzoin (and neither the Breslow intermediate nor the NHC-aldehyde tetrahedral adduct) has been unambiguously identified as the oxidised species in aerobic NHC-catalysed aldehyde esterifications.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, The University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: Eoghan G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Delany
authors.forename: Claire-Louise
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fagan
authors.forename: Sivaji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gundala
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zeitler
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Connon
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001573:Benzoin / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004951:Esterification; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; C030011:carbene; D001573:Benzoin; D008697:Methane