Aerobic oxidative esterification of benzyl alcohols with catalytic tetrabromomethane under visible light irradiation

作者：Nobuta Tomoya; Fujiya Akitoshi; Hirashima Shin ichi; Tada Norihiro; Miura Tsuyoshi; Itoh Akichika^*

来源：Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53(39): 5306-5308.

DOI：10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.07.091

• Esterification
• Tetrabromomethane
• Visible light
• Aerobic
• Benzyl alcohol

We report a useful method for the facile synthesis of aromatic esters from benzyl alcohols with molecular oxygen and catalytic tetrabromomethane in alcohol under visible light irradiation with a fluorescent lamp. This is the first metal-free reaction using molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant.

• 出版日期2012-9-26