An insight into the mechanism of the aerobic oxidation of aldehydes catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

O Bortolini; C Chiappe; M Fogagnolo; P P Giovannini; A Massi; C S Pomelli; D Ragno

doi:10.1039/c3cc48929a

An insight into the mechanism of the aerobic oxidation of aldehydes catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 25;50(16):2008-11. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48929a.

Authors

O Bortolini¹, C Chiappe, M Fogagnolo, P P Giovannini, A Massi, C S Pomelli, D Ragno

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17, 44121 Ferrara, Italy. [email protected] [email protected].

PMID: 24413829
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48929a

Abstract

N-Heterocyclic carbene catalysis for the aerobic oxidation and esterification of aromatic aldehydes was monitored by ESI-MS (MS/MS) and the key intermediates were intercepted and characterized using the charge-tag strategy.

MeSH terms

Aldehydes / chemistry*
Carboxylic Acids / chemical synthesis*
Carboxylic Acids / chemistry
Catalysis
Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
Methane / analogs & derivatives*
Methane / chemistry
Molecular Structure
Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

Aldehydes
Carboxylic Acids
Heterocyclic Compounds
carbene
Methane