Radical induced disproportionation of alcohols assisted by iodide under acidic conditions
Peng Yang, Yang Huang, Teng Li, Nianxin Rong, Haiwei Jiang, Hexian Shi, Weiran Yang
Abstract
Alcohol disproportionation can proceed with high efficiency catalyzed by iodide under acidic conditions to yield the corresponding alkane and aldehyde. And the hydrogen transfer happened through the inter-transformation of HI and I 2 .
Topics & Concepts
DisproportionationChemistryIodideYield (engineering)AldehydeAlcoholHydrogen iodideCatalysisHydrogenAlkaneOrganic chemistryTransformation (genetics)PhotochemistryMaterials scienceBiochemistryMetallurgyGeneOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsRadical Photochemical ReactionsCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods