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[DPEPhosbcpCu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Practical synthesis of pyrazoles via a copper-catalyzed relay oxidation strategy
Xiaodong Tang1, Liangbin Huang, Jidan Yang
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. jianghf@scut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Various 1,3- and 1,3,4-substituted pyrazoles are smoothly formed via copper-catalyzed cascade reactions of oxime acetates, amines and aldehydes. This relay oxidative process involves copper-promoted N-O bond cleavage and C-C/C-N/N-N bond formations to furnish pyrazolines, and sequential Cu-O2 system-involved oxidative dehydrogenation of pyrazolines to afford pyrazoles. This transformation provides a novel and versatile approach for the synthesis of pyrazoles, with an inexpensive copper catalyst and green oxidants. It is atom- and step-economical, and possesses a good functional group tolerance, as well as operational simplicity.
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