[Fe(III)(TF4DMAP)OTf] catalysed anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H2O2 as a terminal oxidant

Yi-Dan Du; Chun-Wai Tse; Zhen-Jiang Xu; Yungen Liu; Chi-Ming Che

doi:10.1039/c4cc05972g

[Fe(III)(TF4DMAP)OTf] catalysed anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H2O2 as a terminal oxidant

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 28;50(84):12669-72. doi: 10.1039/c4cc05972g.

Authors

Yi-Dan Du¹, Chun-Wai Tse, Zhen-Jiang Xu, Yungen Liu, Chi-Ming Che

Affiliation

¹ Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 354 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai, China. xuzhenjiang@mail.sioc.ac.cn.

PMID: 25204406
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05972g

Abstract

Anti-Markovnikov oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes and transformation of N-methyl aryl tertiary amines to formamides with H2O2 as a terminal oxidant under mild conditions have been achieved with moderate to good product yields using [Fe(III)(TF4DMAP)OTf] as catalyst.