Singlet oxygen-mediated selective C–H bond hydroperoxidation of ethereal hydrocarbons

Singlet oxygen is known to react with carbon–carbon double bonds. Here, the authors show the unusual functionalization of α-ethereal C–H bonds mediated by singlet oxygen under mild conditions to afford lactones and hydroperoxide products.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arunachalam Sagadevan, Kuo Chu Hwang, Ming-Der Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01906-5