Silver-catalyzed remote Csp3-H functionalization of aliphatic alcohols

Aliphatic alcohols usually require pre-activation for successful functionalization of their carbon chain. Here, the authors report a silver-catalyzed δ-selective functionalization of aliphatic alcohols via Csp3-H bond cleavage under mild conditions without the need of substrate pre-activation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuchao Zhu, Kaimeng Huang, Jun Pan, Xu Qiu, Xiao Luo, Qixue Qin, Jialiang Wei, Xiaojin Wen, Lizhi Zhang, Ning Jiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05014-w