title: Benzylic Phosphates in Friedel-Crafts Reactions with Activated and Unactivated Arenes: Access to Polyarylated Alkanes.
abstract: Easily reachable electron-poor/rich primary and secondary benzylic phosphates are suitably used as substrates for Friedel-Crafts benzylation reactions with only 1.2 equiv activated/deactivated arenes (no additional solvent) to access structurally and electronically diverse polyarylated alkanes with excellent yields and selectivities at room temperature. Specifically, diversely substituted di/triarylmethanes are generated within 2-30 min using this approach. A wide number of electron-poor polyarylated alkanes are easily accomplished through this route by just tuning the phosphates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences , Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar nagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Hyderabad, Telangana 500078, India.
authors.forename: Gangaram
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pallikonda
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences , Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar nagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Hyderabad, Telangana 500078, India.
authors.forename: Manab
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakravartya