Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Efficient Chromium(II)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions between Csp2 Centers

by Andreas K. Steib, Olesya M. Kuzmina, Sarah Fernandez, Dietmar Flubacher and Paul Knochel*

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Low-toxicity chromium(II) chloride catalyzes at 25 °C within minutes the coupling reactions of various (hetero)arylmagnesium reagents with N-heterocyclic halides, aromatic halogenated ketones or imines, and alkenyl iodides. Remarkably, much lower amounts of homo-coupling side products are obtained compared to related iron, cobalt, or manganese cross-couplings.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

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