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SUBMITTER: Alam R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732067 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20171127 24
An operationally simple, mild, redox-neutral method for the cross-coupling of α-hydroxyalkyltrifluoroborates is reported. Utilizing an Ir photocatalyst, α-hydroxyalkyl radicals are generated from the single-electron oxidation of the trifluoroborates, and these radicals are subsequently engaged in a nickel-catalyzed C-C bond-forming reaction with aryl halides. The process is highly selective, functional group tolerant, and step economical, which allows the direct synthesis of secondary benzylic a ...[more]