Issue 4, 2017

Dual gold and photoredox catalysed C–H activation of arenes for aryl–aryl cross couplings

Abstract

A mild and fully catalytic aryl–aryl cross coupling via gold-catalysed C–H activation has been achieved by merging gold and photoredox catalysis. The procedure is free of stoichiometric oxidants and additives, which were previously required in gold-catalysed C–H activation reactions. Exploiting dual gold and photoredox catalysis confers regioselectivity via the crucial gold-catalysed C–H activation step, which is not present in the unselective photocatalysis-only counterpart.

Graphical abstract: Dual gold and photoredox catalysed C–H activation of arenes for aryl–aryl cross couplings

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
14 Dec 2016
Accepted
26 Jan 2017
First published
27 Jan 2017
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., 2017,8, 2885-2889

Dual gold and photoredox catalysed C–H activation of arenes for aryl–aryl cross couplings

V. Gauchot, D. R. Sutherland and A.-L. Lee, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 2885 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC05469B

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