Unexpected C–O Bond Cleavage by a Copper–Phosphido Compound

08 May 2023, Version 1
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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 re-action likely depends on nucleophilicity of the Cu–P bond of IPrCuPPh2.

Keywords

copper
C-O bond cleavage
NHC

Supplementary materials

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Supporting Information
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Spectra and X-ray data
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Checkcif analysis of X-ray data
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