title: Magnesium salt promoted tandem nucleophilic addition-Oppenauer oxidation of aldehydes with organozinc reagents.
abstract: A magnesium salt promoted synthesis of ketones via tandem nucleophilic addition-Oppenauer oxidation of aldehydes using organozinc chemistry was demonstrated. Magnesium salts concomitantly generated via magnesium metal mediated organohalide zincation exhibit high efficacy for nucleophilic addition of organozinc reagents to aromatic aldehydes and thereafter Oppenauer oxidation whereby ketones are formed in high to excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. fuying@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. fuying@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Xing Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Health Innovations Research Institute and School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001, Australia.
authors.forename: Hulmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hügel
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. fuying@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Danfeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. fuying@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zhengyin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. fuying@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Kehu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China. fuying@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yulai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu