Selective CO bond formation: highly efficient radical dioxygenation of alkenes initiated by catalytic amount of tert-butyl hydroperoxide

A highly selective radical dioxygenation of alkenes using hydroxamic acid and O2 with 5–10 mol % of tert-butyl hydroperoxide as a catalyst was developed. On the basis of this newly developed strategy, a wide range of phenylethanol derivatives with a variety of functional groups can be effectively synthesized.

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