Lewis Acid Assisted Nickel‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Aryl Methyl Ethers by C−O Bond‐Cleaving Alkylation: Prevention of Undesired β‐Hydride Elimination

Autor: Lin Guo, Magnus Rueping, Chien-Chi Hsiao, Franziska Schoenebeck, Xiangqian Liu, Matthias Leiendecker, Indrek Kalvet
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55:6093-6098
ISSN: 1521-3773
1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510497
Popis: In the presence of trialkylaluminum reagents, diverse aryl methyl ethers can be transformed into valuable products by C-O bond-cleaving alkylation, for the first time without the limiting β-hydride elimination. This new nickel-catalyzed dealkoxylative alkylation method enables powerful orthogonal synthetic strategies for the transformation of a variety of naturally occurring and easily accessible anisole derivatives. The directing and/or activating properties of aromatic methoxy groups are utilized first, before they are replaced by alkyl chains in a subsequent coupling process.
Databáze: OpenAIRE