Cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkoxybenzenes with toluenes: Copper(II) halide mediated tandem halo/benzylation of arenes

Thomas E. Storr; Christopher J. Teskey; Michael F. Greaney

doi:10.1002/chem.201603783

Cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkoxybenzenes with toluenes: Copper(II) halide mediated tandem halo/benzylation of arenes

Thomas E. Storr
, Christopher J. Teskey
, Michael F. Greaney

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201603783
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2016

Keywords

C−H activation
cross-dehydrogenative-coupling
diarylmethane
homogeneous catalysis
tandem reactions

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Cross-dehydrogenative-coupling of alkoxybenzenes with toluenes: Copper(II) halide mediated tandem halo/benzylation of arenes

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