Oxidative Dehomologation of Aldehydes with Oxygen as a Terminal Oxidant.
Sergei A ShipilovskikhAleksandr E RubtsovAndrei V MalkovPublished in: Organic letters (2017)
A mild, efficient protocol for oxidative cleavage of C-C bonds in aldehydes has been developed that employs alkali metal hydrides as reagents and oxygen from air as a terminal oxidant. The method is applicable to a broad substrate range.