Oxepinobenzofurans controlled-copper catalyzed aerobic synthesis and reactivity as oxidants

  • Petitjean, Laurène
Publication date
January 2014
Publisher
McGill University

Abstract

Copper catalyzed phenolic oxidations have historically shown a lack of selectivity due to the ease of autoxidation of phenols. The resulting phenoxyl radicals provide complex mixtures of oxygenation and oxidation products, such as quinones, biphenols, oxepinobenzofurans and polymeric materials. Despite this lack of selectivity, phenolic aerobic oxidations show promise as environmentally benign, efficient and versatile means to access a wide variety of structurally different products from a single starting compound. In Chapter One, an overview of previous efforts towards the selective oxygenation of phenols via copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidation is provided, along with a detailed summary of previous syntheses of oxepinobenzofurans and a revi...

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agirAgent
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anthraceneChemical substance
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hydrogenChemical substance
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optimizationCultivar (cultivated variety)
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phenoxylMollusca
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