title: Aryne generation vs. Truce-Smiles and fries rearrangements during the Kobayashi fragmentation reaction: a new bi-aryl synthesis.
abstract: Treatment of (ortho-trimethysilyl)aryl phenylsulfonates with a soluble fluoride source initiates a Truce-Smiles rearrangement leading to the formation of functionalized bi-aryls. This new carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction proceeds without recourse to transition metal catalysis, under mild reaction conditions and with good functional group compatibility.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. peter.quayle@manchester.ac.uk.
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Rasheed
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raftery
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quayle