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A Microwave-Assisted Direct Heteroarylation of Ketones Using Transition Metal Catalysis
Published on: February 16, 2020
Recent advances in the transition metal-free oxidative dehydrogenative aromatization of cyclohexanones
Kun Deng1, Huawen Huang1, Guo-Jun Deng1
1Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China. hwhuang@xtu.edu.cn gjdeng@xtu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Cyclohexanone is a simple and widely available raw material that can be obtained from lignin biomass, highlighting its renewable and sustainable features. Cyclohexanone, as an important synthon in organic chemistry, has been demonstrated to be viable for constructing functionalized arenes and benzoheteroarenes, with recent extensive development on transition metal-free oxidative dehydrogenative aromatization. This review focuses on recent research progress on the transition metal-free derivation of cyclohexanones via oxidative dehydrogenative aromatization.
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