Aerobic oxidation using pure dioxygen gas as the oxidant has attracted much attention,but its application in synthetic chemistry has been significantly hampered by the complexity of catalytic system and potential risk of high-energy dioxygen gas.By employing 1,2-diethoxyethane as a catalyst and ambient air as an oxidant,an efficient protocol for the construction of various aryl-alkyl and diaryl ketones through oxidative cleavage of gem-disubstituted aromatic...
