A Highly Efficient Gold‐Catalyzed Oxidative CC Coupling from CH Bonds Using Air as Oxidant

Abstract

A breath of fresh air: The title reaction has been developed for the coupling of amines with nitroalkanes and different unmodified ketones using air as the sole oxidant under mild reaction conditions. The safe, convenient, and environmentally benign process, as well as the low catalyst loading, short reaction time, and good yields make this protocol very practical (see scheme). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.