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ArticleJACS Au2026

Oxidative Arene Ring-Opening of Benzylic Alcohols.

Ming-Hui Zhu, Zengrui Cheng, Wen-Jie Shen, Yilei Huang, Zhibin Hu, Shu-Li You, Ning Jiao

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Ming-Hui ZhuState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing Key Laboratory of AI-Driven Drug Discovery and Development, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Chemical Biology Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Zengrui ChengState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing Key Laboratory of AI-Driven Drug Discovery and Development, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Chemical Biology Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Wen-Jie ShenState Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Yilei HuangState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing Key Laboratory of AI-Driven Drug Discovery and Development, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Chemical Biology Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Zhibin HuState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing Key Laboratory of AI-Driven Drug Discovery and Development, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Chemical Biology Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6782-327X
Shu-Li YouState Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-8359
Ning JiaoState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Beijing Key Laboratory of AI-Driven Drug Discovery and Development, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Chemical Biology Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0290-9034

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Abstract

Arene ring-opening (ARO) reaction via C-C bond cleavage remains a formidable challenge due to the exceptional thermodynamic stability of aromatic frameworks. Inspired by enzymatic lignin degradation in nature, we report an oxidative strategy that enables arene ring-opening of benzylic alcohols under mild conditions. Using hydrogen peroxide as oxidant and 2-nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzeneseleninic acid as the catalyst, we achieved the efficient conversion of benzylic alcohols into muconolactone or muconic acid derivatives, which contain multiple functional handles enabling diverse downstream derivatizations. Both of the exocyclic C-C bonds and the arene ring C-C bonds in benzylic alcohols were cleaved through the present Se-catalytic tandem oxidation and rearrangement processes.

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arene ring-openingbenzylic alcoholsC−C cleavageoxidationscaffold hopping

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PMCPMC13508091

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