Figure 2: Radical-chain mechanism for aldehyde autoxidation. Figure 3: Aerobic oxidation of PhI provides a broad platform to directly utilize O 2 as the terminal oxidant in substrate oxidation ...
Oxidizing the end carbon atom of a terminal alkene to form an aldehyde, a process called anti-Markovnikov alkene oxidation, is difficult because the reaction is energetically unfavorable. The ...