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Synfacts 2009(6): 0660-0660  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216690
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Cu/Vitamin C as Catalytic System for the Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Amines

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andreas J. Wagner
J. Srogl*, S. Voltrova
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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25 May 2009 (online)

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Significance

The authors report an efficient oxidative deamination process affording carbonyl compounds from the respective primary or secondary amines using a catalytic copper(I)/ascorbic acid couple. Aryl or alkyl ketones and aldehydes are obtained in satisfactory to very good yields.