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Acknowledgement
1 atm O2
H
5 eq. H2O
Ar
O
Ar
Ar
1–5 mol% CuCl2
O
+
OMe
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research on Priority Areas (No. 16033204, Reaction Con-
trol of Dynamic Complexes) from Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. We thank
Takasago International Corporation for providing
DTBM-SEGPHOS.
MeCN, 40 ˚C
R
R
R
63–92%
-ClC6H4, -FC6H4
0%
Ar = Ph,
p
-MeC6H4,
p-MeOC6H4,
p
p
R = Me, Et,
n-C11H23, Ph
Scheme 7. Cu-catalyzed oxidative C@C bond cleavage of various enol
ethers.
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