Sodium cyanidepromoted coppercatalysed aerobic oxidative synthesis of esters from aldehydes, By Mohammad Abbasi

Research

Title	Sodium cyanidepromoted coppercatalysed aerobic oxidative synthesis of esters from aldehydes
Type	Article
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Journal	APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
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Researchers	Najmeh Nowrouzi (First researcher) , Mohammad Abbasi (Second researcher) ,

Abstract

A simple and efficient copper?catalysed procedure for oxidative esterification of aldehydes with alcohols and phenols mediated by sodium cyanide, using air as a clean oxidant, is described. A variety of aromatic aldehydes and structurally different alcohols and phenols reacted efficiently, and the product esters were obtained in good to excellent yields under normal atmospheric and solvent?free conditions.