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Cover Picture: Palladium‐Catalyzed Aerobic Synthesis of Terminal Acetals from Vinylarenes Assisted by π‐Acceptor Ligands (ChemCatChem 5/2017)
Author(s) -
Matsumura Satoko,
Sato Ruriko,
Nakaoka Sonoe,
Yokotani Wakana,
Murakami Yuka,
Kataoka Yasutaka,
Ura Yasuyuki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201700131
Subject(s) - palladium , chemistry , catalysis , alkene , front cover , photochemistry , medicinal chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , cover (algebra) , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
The Front Cover shows a novel method to synthesize terminal acetals from vinylarenes and diols by palladium‐catalyzed aerobic anti‐Markovnikov oxidation.In their Full Paper, S. Matsumura et al. demonstrate that an electron‐deficient cyclic alkene, i.e. methoxy‐ p ‐benzoquinone (MeOBQ), is a key additive that accelerates the reaction and affords high yields of the products by reducing the electron density of the palladium center upon coordination. The coordination of MeOBQ would also stabilize in situ generated Pd(0) species to suppress deactivation.