Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0125, USA
Abstract
Copper methoxide compound IPrCuOMe was unexpectedly formed in a reaction of IPrCuPPh2 with methyl acrylate. The alkoxide product was identified from the reaction mixture spectroscopically and structurally characterized. This C–O bond cleavage reaction likely depends on nucleophilicity of the Cu–P bond of IPrCuPPh2.
Funder
U.S. National Science Foundation
Vermont Space Grant Consortium
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Biochemistry