Ligand-Enabled, Copper-Promoted Regio- and Chemoselective Hydroxylation of Arenes, Aryl Halides, and Aryl Methyl Ethers
Singh, B.K.; Jana, R.
Journal of Organic Chemistry 81(3): 831-841
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 1520-6904 PMID: 26762789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02302
Accession: 058217037
We report here a practical method for the ortho C-H hydroxylation of benzamides with inexpensive copper(II) acetate monohydrate and a pyridine ligand. An intra- and intermolecular ligand combination was explored to achieve regio- and chemoselective hydroxylation. Interestingly, typical regiochemical scrambling associated with the C-H activation was further resolved by introducing a ligand-directed ortho hydroxylation of haloarenes and aryl methyl ethers.