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SUBMITTER: Yan XB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5961445 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20180420 19
Coupling reactions involving non-sulfonated C-O electrophiles provide a promising method for forming C-C bonds, but the incorporation of functionalized or secondary alkyl groups remains a challenge due to the requirement for well-defined alkylmetal species. In this study, we report a reductive nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of benzyl oxalates with alkyl bromides, using oxalate as a new leaving group. A broad range of highly functionalized alkyl units (such as functional groups: alkyl chloride, ...[more]