The radical-chain addition of aldehydes to alkenes by the use of N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) as a polarity-reversal catalyst

S Tsujimoto, T Iwahama, S Sakaguchi…

Index: Tsujimoto; Iwahama; Sakaguchi; Ishii Chemical Communications, 2001 , # 22 p. 2352 - 2353

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Abstract

Hydroacylation of simple alkenes with aldehydes via a radical process was successfully achieved by the use of N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) as a polarity-reversal catalyst. Thus, 5- tridecanone was obtained by the reaction of oct-1-ene with pentanal in the presence of small amounts of NHPI and dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO).