ChemInform Abstract: Sequential Alcohol Oxidation/putative Homo Claisen—Tishchenko‐Type Reaction to Give Esters: A Key Process in Accessing Novel Biologically Active Lactone Macrocycles.

• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201647066
• Publication Date: 2016-11-03T08:27:00Z
• Authors: Hugo Viana; Elisabete P. Carr...; Albertino Goth; Patricia Bacalhau; Ana Teresa Caldeira; Maria do Rosario ...; Anthony Joseph Burke
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

We report an efficient methodology for the direct oxidative esterification of primary alcohols to diether-esters using pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC).