Nickel-catalyzed reaction of arylzinc reagents with N-aromatic heterocycles: a straightforward approach to C-H bond arylation of electron-deficient heteroaromatic compounds.
The reaction of electron-deficient N-heteroaromatic compounds, such as pyridines and quinolines, with arylzinc reagents in the presence of a catalytic amount of a nickel complex affords the arylated products. The reaction is likely to proceed through a formal nucleophilic 1,2-addition, thus exhibiting a reactivity complementary to conventional direct arylation through electrophilic substitution.
Tobisu
Mamoru
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Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. tobisu@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Hyodo
Isao
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Chatani
Naoto
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