Abstract
A cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkoxybenzenes and toluenes with concomitant halogenation is reported. Conditions employed were the use of stoichiometric copper halide salts and dialkylperoxides to afford a range of bromoalkoxydi- and triarylmethanes. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggest that the in situ production of haloarenes (or dihaloarenes) followed by a copper-mediated coupling of a benzylic radical is operational.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 18169-18178 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Chemistry - A European Journal |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 50 |
Early online date | 7 Nov 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- C−H activation
- cross-dehydrogenative-coupling
- diarylmethane
- homogeneous catalysis
- tandem reactions