ChemInform Abstract: NHC/Iron Cooperative Catalysis: Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Phenols.

✍ Scribed by R. Sudarshan Reddy; Joao N. Rosa; Luis F. Veiros; Stephen Caddick; Pedro M. P. Gois

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 44 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201136082

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Abstract

Title Fe—NHC‐catalyzed oxidative esterification of phenols proceeds with a wide range of aromatic (I), (IV) as well as cinnamic aldehydes (VII) to give the corresponding benzoates and cinnamates in good yields.