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ReviewChemical science2020

Catalytic generation of alkoxy radicals from unfunctionalized alcohols.

Elaine Tsui, Huaiju Wang, Robert R Knowles

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Review in Chemical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elaine TsuiDepartment of Chemistry , Princeton University , Princeton , NJ 08544 , USA . Email: rknowles@princeton.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5872-4824
Huaiju WangDepartment of Chemistry , Princeton University , Princeton , NJ 08544 , USA . Email: rknowles@princeton.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3803-9563
Robert R KnowlesDepartment of Chemistry , Princeton University , Princeton , NJ 08544 , USA . Email: rknowles@princeton.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1044-4900

Funding

New Synthetic Methods Enabled by Excited-State Redox ChemistryR35GM134893 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Robert R Knowles · 2020 to 2026
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alkoxy radicals have long been recognized as powerful synthetic intermediates with well-established reactivity patterns. Due to the high bond dissociation free energy of aliphatic alcohol O-H bonds, these radicals are difficult to access through direct homolysis, and conventional methods have instead relied on activation of O-functionalized precursors. Over the past decade, however, numerous catalytic methods for the direct generation of alkoxy radicals from simple alcohol starting materials have emerged and created opportunities for the development of new transformations. This minireview discusses recent advances in catalytic alkoxy radical generation, with particular emphasis on progress toward the direct activation of unfunctionalized alcohols enabled by transition metal and photoredox catalysis.

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PMID33384861
PMCPMC7747465

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