Mild and Regioselective Benzylic C-H Functionalization: Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Arylation of Remote and Proximal Olefins

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Jan 25;139(3):1061-1064. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b11962. Epub 2017 Jan 11.

Abstract

The synergistic combination of NiH-catalyzed alkene isomerization with nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling has yielded a general protocol for the synthesis of a wide range of structurally diverse 1,1-diarylalkanes in excellent yields and high regioselectivities from readily accessible olefin starting materials. Furthermore, the practicality and synthetic flexibility of this approach is highlighted by the successful employment of isomeric mixtures of olefins for regioconvergent arylation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't