Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

1,2-Amino oxygenation of alkenes with hydrogen evolution reaction

  • Shengzhang Liu,
  • Shengchun Wang,
  • Pengjie Wang,
  • Zhiliang Huang,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Aiwen Lei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32084-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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1,2-Aminoxygenation of alkenes without extra oxidant is a practical yet challenging way to prepare β-amino alcohols. Here, the authors report an electro-oxidative route achieving such a goal with H2 evolution, exhibiting broad scope and application potential.