Majji Ganesh, Guin Srimanta, Rout Saroj K, Behera Ahalya, Patel Bhisma K
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781 039, Assam, India.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 18;50(81):12193-6. doi: 10.1039/c4cc05050a.
An efficient metal free oxidative esterification of sp(3) C-H bonds (adjacent to an oxygen atom) in simple solvents like 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrofuran and ethyl acetate has been achieved using terminal aryl alkenes and alkynes as the ArCOO(-) sources.