Iron-catalysed cross-coupling of organolithium compounds with organic halides

Zhenhua Jia; Qiang Liu; Xiao-Shui Peng; Henry N. C. Wong

doi:10.1038/ncomms10614

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Iron-catalysed cross-coupling of organolithium compounds with organic halides

Zhenhua Jia,
Qiang Liu,
Xiao-Shui Peng,
Henry N. C. Wong

Affiliations

Zhenhua Jia: Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Centre of Novel Functional Molecules, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories
Qiang Liu: Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Centre of Novel Functional Molecules, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories
Xiao-Shui Peng: Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Centre of Novel Functional Molecules, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories
Henry N. C. Wong: Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Centre of Novel Functional Molecules, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10614
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Cross coupling reactions of organolithiums are challenging due to their high reactivity, though palladium catalysed versions have been reported. Here, the authors report the cross coupling of organolithiums with aryl halides with inexpensive and widely available iron catalysts.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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