Synlett 2013; 24(5): 607-610
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1318308
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Catalytic Aerobic Photooxidative Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Triple Bonds Using Carbon Tetrabromide

Authors

  • Tomoaki Yamaguchi

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
  • Tomoya Nobuta

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
  • Yasuhisa Kudo

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
  • Shin-ichi Hirashima

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
  • Norihiro Tada

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
  • Tsuyoshi Miura

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
  • Akichika Itoh*

    Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan   Fax: +81(58)2308108   Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
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Publication History

Received: 07 January 2013

Accepted after revision: 01 February 2013

Publication Date:
18 February 2013 (online)


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Abstract

We developed the aerobic photooxidative cleavage of carbon–carbon triple bonds to carboxylic acids in the presence of catalytic amounts of carbon tetrabromide under photoirradiation with a high-pressure mercury lamp.