Aerobic Oxidative Cleavage and Esterification of C(OH)–C Bonds

ArticleAerobicOxidativeCleavageandEsterificationofC(OH)–CBondsNativeligninrepresentstheonlynaturallysustainablearomaticresource.Transformationofnativeligninintovaluablearomaticswouldmakeagreatcontributiontoourplanet.Wereport,forthefirsttime,theeffectivetransformationofalcoholsintoestersbyesterificationofC(OH)–Cbonds,whichoffersanewwayforthesimultaneousdegradationandfunctionalizationoflignin.Thisreactionpromotesnewexplorationsforbiomassvalorization.MingyangLiu,ZhanrongZhang,JiangYan,...,WeitaoWang,ZhenhongHe,BuxingHanzhangzhanrong@iccas.ac.cn(Z.Z.)hanbx@iccas.ac.cn(B.H.)HIGHLIGHTSFirststudyonconversionofalcoholstoestersbyesterificationofC(OH)–CbondsC(OH)–CbondesterificationshowsgreatpotentialforbiomassvalorizationInexpensiveandcommerciallyavailablecoppersaltsandenvironmentallybenignO2wereusedThesideproductswerealsotransformedinsituintotargetedestersLiuetal.,Chem6,1–9December3,2020ª2020ElsevierInc.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.09.006ll