Nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative acylation of heteroarenes by sp2 C-H functionalization.
Nickel-catalyzed ligand-free decarboxylative cross-coupling of azole derivatives with α-oxoglyoxylic acids has been developed. This work represents the first example of decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions, in a C-H bond functionalization manner, through nickel catalysis, and tolerates various functional groups. Additionally, this approach provides an efficient access to azole ketones, an important structural motif in many medicinal compounds with a broad range of biological activities.
Institute of Chemistry & BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (P. R. China).
Ke
K
Yang
Cheng
C
Zhang
Peng
P
Wang
Yan
Y
Zhang
Haibo
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Ge
acylation; decarboxylation; heteroarenes; nickel; sp2 CH bond functionalization