Mechanistic analysis of a copper-catalyzed C–H oxidative cyclization of carboxylic acids
Abstract
Experimental evidence supports a mechanism for oxidative conversion of carboxylic acids to lactones that initiates with C–H abstraction by sulfate radical anion. The reaction is found to proceed through a carbocationic intermediate with redox cycling of copper ion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c7sc02240a
Entities
People
- J. Du Bois
- Richard Zare
- Shibdas Banerjee
- Shyam Sathyamoorthi
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Center for Selective C–H Functionalization
- Stanford University
- United States Army
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry