We report a general, practical, and scalable means of preparing deuterated aldehydes from aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic acids with D2O as an inexpensive deuterium source. The use of Ph3P as an O‐atom transfer reagent can facilitate the deoxygenation of aromatic acids, while Ph2POEt is a better O‐atom transfer reagent for aliphatic acids. The highly precise deoxygenation of complex carboxylic acids makes this protocol promising for late‐stage deoxygenative deuteration of natural product derivatives and pharmaceutical compounds.
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