Existing synthetic methods for the synthesis of copper(I) carboxylates are either demanding, low-yielding, or both. We present here further explorations of the scope of our simplified synthesis of these important starting materials to include unsaturated aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids. Our method is a high-yielding one-pot synthesis involving the direct acid-base reaction of copper(I) oxide with a carboxylic acid in a suitable solvent in the presence of an alkene. The alkene, usually a diene, acts as a weak ligand for Cu(I), inhibiting the well-known disproportionation of Cu(I) to Cu(0) and Cu(II).

Ligandless copper(I) carboxylates

2019 Spring National Meeting

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