Cu-catalyzed oxidative Povarov reactions between N,N-dialkylanilines and saturated oxa- or thiacycles with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) are described; notably, the reactions use neither [4π] nor [2π]-motifs as the initial reagents. The use of cheap alkane-based substances as building units is of mechanistic and practical interest as two inert sp(3) C-H bonds are activated.

An efficient CuBr catalyzed cleavage of C-N bonds in the oxidative cross-dehydrogenative-coupling (CDC) of N-benzyl amines with indoles mediated by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) was reported. A series of methine-bridged bis-indole derivatives were successfully synthesized under the optimized reaction conditions.

An oxidative olefination reaction between aliphatic primary amines and benzylic sp(3) C-H bonds has been achieved using N-bromosuccinimide as catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant. The olefination proceeds under mild metal-free conditions through direct deamination and benzylic C-H bond activation, and provides easy access to biologically active 2-styrylquinolines with (E)-configurat...

A copper-catalyzed method for the oxidation of allylic and benzylic sp(3) C-H by aqueous tert-butyl hydroperoxide (T-Hydro) in water using a recyclable fluorous ligand has been developed. The reaction procedure is tolerant to additional functional groups and the fluorous ligand could be reused with little loss of catalytic activity.

Sulfonyl radicals generated from sulfonylhydrazides by the Bu(4)NI-tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) catalysis system underwent addition to a variety of α-methyl styrene derivatives to give the corresponding allylic sulfones. This selective allylic sulfonylation is metal-free, operationally simple, and environmentally friendly.

A facile synthetic route towards pharmaceutically interesting β-keto-sulfone derivatives by tetrabutylammonium iodide (TBAI)/tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) mediated oxidative coupling of readily prepared enamides with economical sulfonylhydrazides is described. The corresponding β-keto-sulfone compounds were obtained in moderate to good yields. The present method is metal-free and base-free an...

A novel Cu and boron doped graphitic carbon nitride catalyst (Cu-CNB) was synthesized using cheap precursors and systematically characterized. The selective oxidation of toluene proceeded very smoothly over the catalyst at 70 °C using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the oxidant to exclusively afford benzaldehyde. The catalyst can be used for at least five cycles without decrease in activity ...

The tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)-promoted sequential carboxamidation and aromatisation of isonitriles with formamides was developed. This procedure tolerates a series of functional groups, such as methyl, fluoro, chloro, acetyl, methoxy carbonyl and cyano. This reaction involved the addition of formamide radicals to isonitriles and sequential C-C bond formation by intramolecular aromatic cyc...

The catalytic activity of the iron(II) C-scorpionate complexes [FeCl2{HC(pz)3}] 1 (pz = pyrazol-1-yl) and [FeCl2{HOCH2C(pz)3}] 2, and of their precursor FeCl2·2H2O 3, towards cyclohexane oxidation with tert-butyl hydroperoxide was evaluated and compared in different media: acetonitrile, ionic liquids (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate, [bmim][PF6], and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ...