Iridium-catalyzed ester-directed oxidative coupling of aromatic esters and alkenes

Elumalai Kumaran; Zhen Xuan Wong; Weng Kee Leong

doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155707

Iridium-catalyzed ester-directed oxidative coupling of aromatic esters and alkenes

Elumalai Kumaran, Zhen Xuan Wong, Weng Kee Leong^*

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Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

The directing group-assisted, transition metal-catalyzed oxidative coupling of arenes with alkenes is a powerful tool for synthesizing functionalized alkenes. In this work, we report the iridium catalyzed oxidative coupling of aromatic esters with alkenes.

Original language	English
Article number	155707
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2025.155707
Publication status	Published - Sept 15 2025
Externally published	Yes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Organic Chemistry

Keywords

Alkenes
Directed C[sbnd]H bond activation
Ester group
Iridium
Oxidative coupling

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