The direct α-vinylation of carbonyl compounds to form a quaternary stereocenter is a challenging transformation. It was discovered that δ-oxocarboxylic acids can serve as masked vinyl compounds and be unveiled by palladium-catalyzed decarbonylative dehydration. The carboxylic acids are readily available through enantioselective acrylate addition or asymmetric allylic alkylation. A variety of α-...

A novel copper-catalyzed oxidative desulfurization reaction of thiocarbonyl compounds, using molecular oxygen as an oxidant and leading to formation of carbonyl compounds, has been developed, and the utility of the process is demonstrated by its application to the preparation of a carbonyl-18O labeled sialic acid derivative.

Various cyclic carbonyl compounds were concisely synthesized by carbonylative cyclization of haloarenes bearing nucleophilic moieties under Pd catalysis. A broad substrate scope and a feasible large-scale synthesis clearly demonstrate the high applicability of the reaction as a general, user-friendly method for access to cyclic carbonyl compounds.

A new copper-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization of enol ethers with α-amino carbonyl compounds and hydroperoxides is developed. This method is experimentally simple while allowing for regioselective access to 2-amino-3,4-dioxy carbonyl compounds in good yields, and represents the first example of alkene oxyalkylation through C(sp(3))-H functionalization.

a mild, efficient and fast method for the oxidation of alcohols and trimethylsilyl, tetrahydropyranyl and methoxymethyl ethers to their corresponding carbonyl compounds using cro3 in the presence of rice husk ash (rha) is reported. all reactions were performed at room temperature in high to excellent yields. a new, efficient and green catalyst, heterogeneous reaction conditions, easy work-up of...

A variety of C1-C12 carbonyl compounds were measured in the air of a boreal coniferous forest located in Hyytiälä, Southern Finland. 24-hour samples were collected during March and April in 2003 using DNPH (2,4dinitrophenyl hydrazine) coated C18-cartridges and analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Altogether 22 carbonyl compounds were quantified. The most abundant carbony...

Carbonyl compounds in boreal coniferous forest air in Hyytiälä, Southern Finland H. Hellén, H. Hakola, A. Reissell , and T. M. Ruuskanen Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sahaajankatu 20 E, 00880 Helsinki, Finland University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, Finland University of Helsinki, Department of Chemistry, Finland Received: 16 April 2004 – Accepted: 11 May 2004 – Published: ...