ChemInform Abstract: Light‐Mediated Deoxygenation of Alcohols with a Dimeric Gold Catalyst.

Abstract

Light-Mediated Deoxygenation of Alcohols with a Dimeric Gold Catalyst. -A new protocol for the photolytic bromination of primary alcohols using CBr 4 and DMF is developed. Furthermore, a one-pot sequential bromination/gold-catalyzed reduction allows the deoxygenation of alcohols (VII). Substrates (IX) and (XI) undergo deoxygenation/cyclization to form piperidine and pyrrolidine derivatives. -(MCCALLUM, T.; SLAVKO, E.; MORIN, M.; BARRIAULT*, L.; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 1, 81-85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201403351 ; Dep. Chem., Univ. Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. K1N 6N5, Can.; Eng.) -Mais 19-052