title: Regioselective ruthenium-catalyzed direct benzylations of arenes through C-H bond cleavages.
abstract: Highly regioselective ruthenium-catalyzed direct benzylations through C-H bond cleavages were accomplished under remarkably mild, nonacidic reaction conditions, for which experimental studies suggested a S(E)Ar-type mechanism not to be operative.
authors.affiliation: Institut fuer Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universitaet, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Goettingen, Germany. lutz.ackermann@chemie.uni-goettingen.de
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Novák
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D012428:Ruthenium