A general copper/air catalytic system for selectively oxidative C-C bond cleavage of 1,2-diarylethan-1-one has been developed, giving aromatic aldehydes and N-benzoylation products of various amines in moderate to excellent yields. This research provides an alternative approach for the N-benzoylation of amine in mild and neutral conditions.

A palladium-catalyzed one-pot method for the synthesis of quinolines from commercial or readily available 2-amino aromatic ketones and alkynes is reported for the first time. This transformation offers an alternative method for the synthesis of polysubstituted quinoline.

Copper-Catalyzed N-Benzoylation of Amines via Aerobic C-C Bond Cleavage. -1,2-Diarylethanones suffer -CO-CH2-bond scission under aerobic conditions in the presence of CuCl 2 as catalyst enabling the formation of amides with a broad variety of aryl-, hetaryl-, and (di)alkylamines in modest to high yields. -(FAN, W.; YANG, Y.; LEI, J.; JIANG, Q.; ZHOU*, W.; J. Org. Chem. 80 (2015) 17, 8782-8789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b01670 ; Coll. Chem. Eng., Xiangtan Univ., Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) -M. Tismer 05-101

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Polysubstituted Quinolines from 2-Amino Aromatic Ketones and Alkynes. -PdBr 2-catalyzed one-pot method for the synthesis of quinolines from 2-amino aromatic ketones and alkynes is firstly reported. This new transformation offers an alternative method for the synthesis of polysubstituted quinoline derivatives. -(ZHOU*, W.; LEI, J.; Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) 50 (2014) 42, 5583-5585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc00939h ; Coll. Chem. Eng., Xiangtan Univ., Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) -C. Inoue 38-156

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