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SUBMITTER: Friis SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5010014 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Friis Stig D SD Pirnot Michael T MT Buchwald Stephen L SL
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20160701 27
Detailed in this Communication is the enantioselective synthesis of 1,1-diarylalkanes, a structure found in a range of pharmaceutical drug agents and natural products, through the employment of copper(I) hydride and palladium catalysis. Judicious choice of ligand for both Cu and Pd enabled this hydroarylation protocol to work for an extensive array of aryl bromides and styrenes, including β-substituted vinylarenes and six-membered heterocycles, under relatively mild conditions. ...[more]