Hiroki Shigehisa, Tatsuya Aoki, Sumiko Yamaguchi
Jul 2, 2013
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract
A unique Markovnikov hydroalkoxylation of unactivated olefins with a cobalt complex, silane, and N-fluoropyridinium salt is reported. Further optimization of reaction conditions yielded high functional group tolerance and versatility of alcoholic solvent employed, including methanol, i-propanol, and t-butanol. Use of trifluorotoluene as a solvent made the use of alcohol in stoichiometric amount possible. Mechanistic insight into this novel catalytic system is also discussed. Experimental results suggest that catalysis involves both carbon radical and carbocation intermediates.