Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-26-2015
Publication Title
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
The oxidative coupling of alkylboronic acids with oxygen nucleophiles offers a strategy for replacing toxic, electrophilic alkylating reagents. Although the Chan–Lam reaction has been widely applied in the arylation of heteroatom nucleophiles, O-alkylation with boronic acids is rare. We report a Cu-catalyzed nondecarboxylative methylation of carboxylic acids with methylboronic acid that proceeds in air with no additional oxidant. An isotope-labeling study supports an oxidative cross-coupling mechanism, in analogy to that proposed for Chan–Lam arylation.
Volume
80
Issue
14
First Page
7305
Last Page
7310
DOI
10.1021/acs.joc.5b01077
Rights
“This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Organic Chemistry, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.5b01077
Recommended Citation
Jacobson, Clare E.; Martinez-Muñoz, Noella; and Gorin, David J., "Aerobic Copper-Catalyzed O-Methylation with Methylboronic Acid" (2015). Chemistry: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/chm_facpubs/7
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.