title: Synthesis of enaminones via copper-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling reaction under redox-neutral conditions.
abstract: A novel copper-catalyzed C(sp3)-H oxidative functionalization of aromatic oxime acetates with α-oxocarboxylic acids was reported. This process involved N-O/C-C bond cleavages and C-C bond formations to furnish substituted enaminones under redox-neutral conditions. The oxime acetates served as both reactants and internal oxidants. Furthermore, this transformation also features good functional group tolerance and needs no ligands or additional bases.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. jianghf@scut.edu.cn ghdeng@scut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhongzhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jianxiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xianwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wanqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Huanfeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang