Issue 42, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Regioselective copper-catalyzed chlorination and bromination of arenes with O2 as the oxidant†

Lujuan Yang,ab   Zhan Lub  and  Shannon S. Stahl*b  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

b Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, USA
E-mail: stahl@chem.wisc.edu

Abstract

Electron-rich aromatic C–H bonds undergo regioselective chlorination and bromination in the presence of CuX2, LiX (X = Cl, Br) and molecular oxygen. Preliminary mechanistic insights suggest that the bromination and chlorination reactions proceed by different pathways.

Graphical abstract: Regioselective copper-catalyzed chlorination and bromination of arenes with O2 as the oxidant

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B915487F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jul 2009
Accepted
02 Sep 2009
First published
18 Sep 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 6460-6462

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Regioselective copper-catalyzed chlorination and bromination of arenes with O2 as the oxidant

L. Yang, Z. Lu and S. S. Stahl, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6460 DOI: 10.1039/B915487F

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