Organic letters

Copper-Catalyzed Remote sp3 C− H Chlorination of Alkyl Hydroperoxides

R Kundu, ZT Ball

Index: Kundu, Rituparna; Ball, Zachary T. Organic Letters, 2010 , vol. 12, # 11 p. 2460 - 2463

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Abstract

A copper-catalyzed methodology to functionalize remote sp3 C− H bonds in alkyl hydroperoxides is presented. The atom-transfer chlorination utilizes simple ammonium chloride salts as the chlorine source, and the internal redox process requires no external redox reagents.