Issue 1, 2016

Visible light-mediated gold-catalysed carbon(sp2)–carbon(sp) cross-coupling

Abstract

A dual photoredox and gold-catalysed cross-coupling reaction of alkynyltrimethylsilanes and aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates is described. The reaction proceeds through visible-light mediated oxidative addition of aryldiazoniums, transmetalation of alkynyltrimethylsilanes and aryl–alkynyl reductive elimination. Exclusive selectivity for silyl-substituted alkynes is observed, with no reactivity observed for terminal alkynes.

Graphical abstract: Visible light-mediated gold-catalysed carbon(sp2)–carbon(sp) cross-coupling

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
14 Aug 2015
Accepted
26 Oct 2015
First published
10 Nov 2015
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2016,7, 85-88

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Visible light-mediated gold-catalysed carbon(sp2)–carbon(sp) cross-coupling

S. Kim, J. Rojas-Martin and F. D. Toste, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 85 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03025K

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