Synlett 2014; 25(18): 2531-2535
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379214
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A New Method for the Synthesis of 1,4-Diols: C(sp3)–H Hydroxylation Induced by Iron-Catalyzed Redox Hydration of Alkenes

Tsuyoshi Taniguchi*
a   School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan   Fax: +81(76)2344439   Email: tsuyoshi@p.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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Daisuke Hirose
b   Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Takuma Hashimoto
a   School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan   Fax: +81(76)2344439   Email: tsuyoshi@p.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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Publication History

Received: 08 August 2014

Accepted after revision: 04 September 2014

Publication Date:
15 October 2014 (online)


Abstract

A novel method for the synthesis of 1,4-diols from alkenes is presented. The reaction is the basis of iron-catalyzed redox hydration of alkenes. The second hydroxyl group is introduced by hydroxylation of an inert C–H bond. The mechanism includes a radical 1,5-hydrogen-transfer process of an intermediary alkoxy radical. In this paper, we describe how this new method has been discovered and developed.