Abstract

AbstractA novel metal‐free catalytic one‐pot approach has been developed for the esterification of aralkyl ketones with alcohols under open‐air atmospheric conditions. The inexpensive iodide/oxone reagent system allowed the cascade C(sp3)−H bond oxygenation, selective C−C bond cleavage and esterification through the both radical and ionic pathways in a stepwise manner in one‐pot. This mild, convenient and economically viable catalytic method tolerates the various functional groups to provide the corresponding alkyl benzoates in up to 98% yields with up to 99% selectivity. The efficiency and feasibility of scale‐up of the present catalytic system was demonstrated with gram scale experiments (up to 10 gram scale).

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