title: Palladium-catalysed oxidative cross-esterification between two alcohols.
abstract: A simple palladium-catalysed oxidative cross-coupling between two different alcohols was developed. Various benzylic alcohols could couple with aliphatic alcohols in excellent yields. The use of benzyl chloride as the oxidant and the amount of aliphatic alcohol were both important for achieving the reaction selectivity.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, Jiangxi, P. R. China. drmenggao@163.com aiwenlei@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jianhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Ailong
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Xinlong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Aiwen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lei