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SUBMITTER: Bacaicoa S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9764416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Organic letters 20221205 49
Herein, we present an accessible aerobic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed method that efficiently produces tetrasubstituted benzene rings in a single reaction. The method employs atmospheric oxygen (O<sub>2</sub>) as the terminal oxidant in a reaction that requires two oxidative steps. The aerobic oxidation is achieved by a selection of electron transfer mediators orchestrating a redox cascade, turning a high-energy aerobic oxidation reaction pathway into a favorable process. ...[more]