Manganese-Mediated Coupling Reaction of Vinylarenes and Aliphatic Alcohols

Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 16:5:15250. doi: 10.1038/srep15250.

Abstract

Alcohols and alkenes are the most abundant and commonly used organic building blocks in the large-scale chemical synthesis. Herein, this is the first time to report a novel and operationally simple coupling reaction of vinylarenes and aliphatic alcohols catalyzed by manganese in the presence of TBHP (tert-butyl hydroperoxide). This coupling reaction provides the oxyalkylated products of vinylarenes with good regioselectivity and accomplishes with the principles of step-economies. A possible reaction mechanism has also been proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't