Hamilton DS, Nicewicz DA. Direct catalytic anti-markovnikov hydroetherification of alkenols.
J Am Chem Soc 2012;
134:18577-80. [PMID:
23113557 DOI:
10.1021/ja309635w]
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Abstract
A direct intramolecular anti-Markovnikov hydroetherification reaction of alkenols is described. By employing catalytic quantities of commercially available 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium perchlorate and 2-phenylmalononitrile as a redox-cycling source of a H-atom, we report the anti-Markovnikov hydroetherification of alkenes with complete regioselectivity. In addition, we present results demonstrating that this novel catalytic system can be applied to the anti-Markovnikov hydrolactonization of alkenoic acids.
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