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SUBMITTER: Treacy SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608032 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20210212 7
Utilizing catalytic CuCl<sub>2</sub> we report the functionalization of numerous feedstock chemicals via the coupling of unactivated C(sp<sup>3</sup>)-H bonds with electron-deficient olefins. The active cuprate catalyst undergoes Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT) to enable the generation of a chlorine radical which acts as a powerful hydrogen atom transfer reagent capable of abstracting strong electron-rich C(sp<sup>3</sup>)-H bonds. Of note is that the chlorocuprate catalyst is an exceedin ...[more]