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SUBMITTER: Buxton CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5656909 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20171004 44
Nickel-catalyzed coupling of benzyl acrylates with activated ketones and imines provides γ-butyrolactones and lactams, respectively. The benzyl alcohol byproduct released during the lactonization/lactamization event is relayed to the next cycle where it serves as the reductant for C-C bond formation. This strategy represents a conceptually unique approach to transfer-hydrogenative C-C bond formation, thus providing examples of reductive heterocyclizations where hydrogen embedded within an alcoho ...[more]