An organic cation as a silver(i) analogue for the arylation of sp2 and sp3 C–H bonds with iodoarenes

Abstract

Reactions promoted by stoichiometric amounts of silver salts suffer from high cost, limited availability and raise environmental concerns. This manuscript describes studies leading to the discovery of a general replacement for silver with an inexpensive and convenient organic salt in palladium catalyzed direct C(sp²)–H and C(sp³)–H arylation reactions.