Assisted ruthenium-catalyzed C-H bond activation: carboxylic acids as cocatalysts for generally applicable direct arylations in apolar solvents.
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.
Ackermann
Lutz
L
Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen, Germany. lutz.ackermann@chemie.uni-goettingen.de
Vicente
Rubén
R
Althammer
Andreas
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