Synlett 2018; 29(09): 1249-1255
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1609346
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Palladium-Catalyzed Csp3–H Bond mono-Aroyloxylation of O-Alkyl Substituted 2,4,6-Trimethoxybenzaldoxime Ethers

Wen-Li Qiao
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Ling-Yan Shao*
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Ya-Hua Hu
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Li-Hao Xing
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Ke-Zuan Deng
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Hong-Wei Liu
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Dao-Hua Liao
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Ya-Fei Ji*
School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. of China   Email: shaoly520@163.com   Email: jyf@ecust.edu.cn
› Author Affiliations
We gratefully thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 21476074 and 21676088) for financial support.
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Publication History

Received: 03 January 2018

Accepted after revision: 20 February 2018

Publication Date:
14 March 2018 (online)


Abstract

A palladium-catalyzed Csp3–H bond mono-aroyloxylation of O-alkyl substituted oxime ethers has been developed by using 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzaldoxime as an exo-type directing group with exclusive site-selectivity. With the wide range of masked aliphatic alcohol substrates and aromatic acid coupling partners, the protocol allows rapid access to various 2-alkyl substituted glycol derivatives in synthetically useful to good yields. The employed directing group is readily removed, accordingly affording valuable functionalized aliphatic alcohols. When the solvent from hybrid DCE/HFIP to CH3CN, non-directed oxidative cross-coupling is observed between the electron-rich aromatic ring of substrates and aromatic acid partners.

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