Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Photo-induced oxidant-free oxidative C–H/N–H cross-coupling between arenes and azoles

  • Linbin Niu,
  • Hong Yi,
  • Shengchun Wang,
  • Tianyi Liu,
  • Jiamei Liu,
  • Aiwen Lei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14226
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds is an attractive strategy to introduce functionality without the need for pre-functionalized starting materials. Here the authors combine cobalt catalysis with photoredox catalysis, allowing arene-azole cross-coupling under oxidant-free conditions.