Efficient metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of styrenes.
[reaction: see text] A highly efficient metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of various styrenes has been developed. This new bismuth-catalyzed C-H functionalization provides straightforward access to a series of valuable 1,1-diarylalkane products.
Rueping
Magnus
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Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany. m.rueping@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de
Nachtsheim
Boris J
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Scheidt
Thomas
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