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Light-driven Enzymatic Decarboxylation
Published on: May 22, 2016
Hypervalent iodine(III)-mediated decarboxylative acetoxylation at tertiary and benzylic carbon centers
Kensuke Kiyokawa1, Daichi Okumatsu1, Satoshi Minakata1
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Abstract:
The decarboxylative acetoxylation of carboxylic acids using a combination of PhI(OAc)2 and I2 in a CH2Cl2/AcOH mixed solvent is reported. The reaction was successfully applied to two types of carboxylic acids containing an α-quaternary and a benzylic carbon center under mild reaction conditions. The resulting acetates were readily converted into the corresponding alcohols by hydrolysis.
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