The ruthenium-catalyzed reductive decarboxylation of esters: Catalytic reactions involving the cleavage of acyl-oxygen bonds of esters

…, H Tatamidani, Y Ie, F Kakiuchi, S Murai

Index: Chatani; Tatamidani; Ie; Kakiuchi; Murai Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001 , vol. 123, # 20 p. 4849 - 4850

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Abstract

The cleavage of a carbon-oxygen bond promoted by transition metal complexes has become an important process in organic synthesis. 1, 2 The majority of these reactions reported thus far involve the cleavage of an alkyl-O bond (alkyl fission) in esters (Scheme 1). A typical example is the Pd-catalyzed reactions of allyl acetates with nucleophiles, in which allyl-O bonds are cleaved. 3 The catalytic cleavage of benzyl-O or vinyl-O bonds is also ...