Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu, Minh Tu Ha
A copper-catalysed cyanoalkylative cycloetherification of alkenes was developed. Heating a solution of substituted (2-vinylphenyl)methanol in MeCN/MeOH (v/v 7/3) in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(II) tetrafluoroborate hydrate [Cu(BF4)26H2O], ...
Royal Society of Chemistry2016