title: Manganese-Mediated Coupling Reaction of Vinylarenes and Aliphatic Alcohols.
abstract: Alcohols and alkenes are the most abundant and commonly used organic building blocks in the large-scale chemical synthesis. Herein, this is the first time to report a novel and operationally simple coupling reaction of vinylarenes and aliphatic alcohols catalyzed by manganese in the presence of TBHP (tert-butyl hydroperoxide). This coupling reaction provides the oxyalkylated products of vinylarenes with good regioselectivity and accomplishes with the principles of step-economies. A possible reaction mechanism has also been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Nai-Xing
authors.initials: NX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Cui-Bing
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yan-Jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Xing-Wang
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, William Paterson University of New Jersey, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470, United States.
authors.forename: Yalan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yi-He
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
authors.forename: Jia-Long
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wen