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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Jung Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7495759 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS omega 20200902 36
A novel, metal-free aerobic oxidation method is described. 4-Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) successfully catalyzed the oxidation of aryl α-halo esters to corresponding aryl α-keto esters (up to 95% yield) under mild reaction conditions (Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>, dimethylacetamide, air, and room temperature). A mechanism has been proposed where the oxidation proceeds through a [3 + 2] cycloaddition between O<sub>2</sub> in an air atmosphere and pyridinium ylides. The ylides are supposedly gener ...[more]