title: Copper-catalysed oxidative C-H/C-H coupling between olefins and simple ethers.
abstract: The first copper-catalysed oxidative alkenylation of simple ethers to construct allylic ethers was successfully achieved. Different substituted olefins and simple ethers could be cross-coupled well to generate the corresponding alkenylation products. Notably, open-chain ethers were also found to be efficient coupling partners in this reaction. This reaction is likely to proceed via a radical process.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China. aiwenlei@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Aiwen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lei