Tetrahedron

Palladium/NHC-catalyzed tandem benzylic oxidation/oxidative esterification of benzylic alcohols with phenols

F Luo, C Pan, J Cheng, F Chen

Index: Luo, Fang; Pan, Changduo; Cheng, Jiang; Chen, Fan Tetrahedron, 2011 , vol. 67, # 33 p. 5878 - 5882

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Abstract

A palladium/NHC-catalyzed tandem benzylic oxidation/oxidative esterification of benzylic alcohols with phenols to access aryl benzoate derivatives is described. The procedure tolerates a series of functional groups, such as methoxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro and bromo groups. Thus, it represents a practically alternative method to access aryl benzoate derivatives.