title: Assisted ruthenium-catalyzed C-H bond activation: carboxylic acids as cocatalysts for generally applicable direct arylations in apolar solvents.
abstract: Catalytic amounts of aromatic carboxylic acid MesCO H enabled efficient ruthenium-catalyzed direct arylations in apolar solvents with unparalleled broad scope via a concerted deprotonation-metalation mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen, Germany. lutz.ackermann@chemie.uni-goettingen.de
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Althammer