Direct arylation of aromatic C-H bonds catalyzed by Cp*Ir complexes.
The C-H bond of benzene was directly arylated by reaction with aryl iodides in the presence of a catalytic amount of a pentamethylcyclopentadienyliridium complex and potassium tert-butoxide.
Fujita
Ken-ichi
K
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. fujitak@kagaku.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Nonogawa
Mitsuru
M
Yamaguchi
Ryohei
R