
Articles tagged with: copper
Peroxide-Mediated Wacker Oxidations
The Wacker oxidation is a powerful synthetic transformation for converting a terminal olefin into a ketone.
Reductive Cleavage of Thioethers
Thiourea is often the reagent of choice for synthesising pyrimidines. If a sulphur free pyrimidine is required the sulphur needs to be removed oxidatively or reductively.
Transamidation of Primary Amides
Many primary amides are commercially available but the list of commercially available secondary amides is much smaller.




