A dual biomimetic process for the selective aerobic oxidative coupling of primary amines using pyrogallol as a precatalyst. Isolation of the [5 + 2] cycloaddition redox intermediates
Martine Largeron, Patrick Deschamps, Karim Hammad, Maurice‐Bernard Fleury
Abstract
Low-cost pyrogallol precatalyst undergoes an oxidative self-processing step for delivering the active organocatalyst<italic>in situ</italic>through a dual biomimetic process.
Topics & Concepts
PyrogallolChemistryBiomimetic synthesisOxidative coupling of methaneOxidative phosphorylationRedoxCycloadditionPrimary (astronomy)Combinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryOxidation processDual (grammatical number)In situCatalysisChemical engineeringBiochemistryAstronomyLiteratureEngineeringArtPhysicsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsCyclopropane Reaction MechanismsSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions