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Org Biomol Chem. 2016 Feb 28;14(8):2399-402. doi: 10.1039/c5ob02677f. Epub 2016 Feb 03.

Copper-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling of cinnamic acids and ACCN via single electron transfer.

Organic & biomolecular chemistry

Bao Gao, Yinjun Xie, Lei Yang, Hanmin Huang

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China. [email protected].

PMID: 26837658 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02677f

Abstract

A novel and convenient method for the synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated nitriles using ACCN (1,1'-azobis(cyclohexane-1-carbonitrile)) as a cyano source was described. This reaction was amenable to a broad range of substrates and provided the desired β,γ-unsaturated nitriles containing an all-carbon quaternary carbon center in moderate yields with high selectivity via single electron transfer and decarboxylation.

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