title: Cu(II)-catalyzed esterification reaction via aerobic oxidative cleavage of C(CO)-C(alkyl) bonds.
abstract: A novel Cu(II)-catalyzed aerobic oxidative esterification of simple ketones for the synthesis of esters has been developed with wide functional group tolerance. This process is assumed to go through a tandem sequence consisting of α-oxygenation/esterification/nucleophilic addition/C-C bond cleavage and carbon dioxide is released as the only byproduct.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. heln@nankai.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. heln@nankai.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Liang-Nian
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. heln@nankai.edu.cn.
authors.forename: An-Hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. heln@nankai.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qing-Wen
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Song