Alcohol synthesis is critical to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The addition of water across olefins to form primary alcohols (anti-Markovnikov olefin hydration) would be a broadly useful reaction but has largely proven elusive; an indirect hydroboration/oxidation sequence requiring stoichiometric borane and oxidant is currently the most practical methodology. Here, we report a mor...

Abstract CO2 can be used as a soft oxidant for oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes (CO2-ODH), which is beneficial to realize the reuse and meet demand olefins. The core this reaction catalyst. Cr-based catalysts have attracted much attention their excellent catalytic performance in CO2-ODH reactions due various oxidation states local electronic structures. In paper, synthesis modificatio...

Ph3PAuOTf can catalyze efficient intermolecular addition of phenols and carboxylic acids to olefins under relatively mild conditions.

Selenochromanes and analogues are conveniently prepared through a tandem homolytic addition/substitution sequence involving suitably substituted olefins.