N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed oxidation of unactivated aldehydes to esters

BE Maki, KA Scheidt

Index: Organic Letters, , vol. 10, # 19 p. 4331 - 4334

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Citation Number: 139

Abstract

... Efficient oxidations carried out under mild conditions are important organic transformations. ... 19 Substitution at the α-(entries 8, 9) or β-position (entry 10) has little effect on the yield, although moderate yields are observed with more congested aldehydes such as pivalaldehyde ...