Air-stable iron catalyst for the Oppenauer-type oxidation of alcohols

作者：Moyer Sara A; Funk Timothy W^*

来源：Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51(41): 5430-5433.

DOI：10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.08.004

• Iron
• Alcohol oxidation
• Dehydrogenation
• Oppenauer reaction
• Homogeneous catalysis

An alcohol oxidation process using an air-stable iron tricarbonyl compound structurally similar to Shvo's diruthenium bridging hydride was developed. Secondary benzylic and allylic alcohols are oxidized in high yields, and evidence for an Oppenauer-type mechanism is presented.

• 出版日期2010-10-13