title: Iodine mediated/Brønsted acid-catalyzed dimerization of vinylarenes: a tandem reaction through Ritter trapping to produce N-(4-iodo-1,3-diarylbutyl) acetamides.
abstract: In the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid and iodine, styrene derivatives undergo head-to-tail dimerization followed by trapping with nitriles to yield the corresponding Ritter-type products.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China. chehjm@scut.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jing-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhi-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Dong-Song
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D019281:Dimerization; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000143:Acids; D000475:Alkenes; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; D007455:Iodine