- COPPER-CATALYZED C-H BOND ARYLATION
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The present invention is a one-step method for efficiently converting carbon-hydrogen bonds into carbon-carbon bonds using a combination of aryl halides, a substrate, and a copper salt as catalyst. This method allows faster introduction of complex molecular entities, a process that would otherwise require many more steps. This invention is particularly relevant for the organic synthesis of complex molecules such as, but not limited to, pharmacophores and explosives.
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- A general method for copper-catalyzed arylation of arene C-H bonds
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A general method for copper-catalyzed arylation of sp2 C-H bonds with pKa's below 35 has been developed. The method employs aryl halide as the coupling partner, lithium alkoxide or K3PO4 base, and DMF, DMPU, or mixed DMF/xylenes solvent. A variety of electron-rich and electron-poor heterocycles such as azoles, caffeine, thiophenes, benzofuran, pyridine oxides, pyridazine, and pyrimidine can be arylated. Furthermore, electron-poor arenes possessing at least two electron-withdrawing groups on a benzene ring can also be arylated. Two arylcopper-phenanthroline complex intermediates were independently synthesized.
- Do, Hien-Quang,Khan, Rana M. Kashif,Daugulis, Olafs
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p. 15185 - 15192
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