title: Nickel catalyzed α-arylation of ketones with aryltrimethylammonium triflates.
abstract: Nickel-catalyzed α-arylation of ketones involving aromatic C-N cleavage has been accomplished. Intermolecular coupling of aromatic ketones with a variety of aryltrimethylammonium triflates was achieved in the presence of Ni(COD)2, IPr·HCl, and LiOBu(t), giving α-arylated ketones in reasonable to excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China. zxwang@ustc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhong-Xia
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wang