Addition of the ortho-C-H bonds of phenol across an olefin catalysed by a chiral iridium(I) diphosphine complex.
A chiral iridium(I) diphosphine complex efficiently catalyses the unprecedented ortho-alkylation of phenol with norbornene in the absence of solvent leading to the formation of one and two C-C bonds.
Dorta
Romano
R
Departamento de Química, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas 1080A, Venezuela. rdorta@usb.ve
Togni
Antonio
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