Light-Driven Metal-Free Direct Deoxygenation of Alcohols under Mild Conditions

Summary: Hydroxyl is widely found in organic molecules as functional group and its deprivation plays an inevitable role in organic synthesis. However, the direct cleavage of Csp3-O bond in alcohols with high selectivity and efficiency, especially without the assistance of metal catalyst, has been a...

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Main Authors: Dawei Cao, Zhangpei Chen, Leiyang Lv, Huiying Zeng, Yong Peng, Chao-Jun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422030609X