N2H4 as traceless mediator for homo- and cross- aryl coupling

Leiyang Lv; Zihang Qiu; Jianbin Li; Mingxin Liu; Chao-Jun Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07198-7

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

N2H4 as traceless mediator for homo- and cross- aryl coupling

Leiyang Lv,
Zihang Qiu,
Jianbin Li,
Mingxin Liu,
Chao-Jun Li

Affiliations

Leiyang Lv: Department of Chemistry and FRQNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Zihang Qiu: Department of Chemistry and FRQNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Jianbin Li: Department of Chemistry and FRQNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Mingxin Liu: Department of Chemistry and FRQNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University
Chao-Jun Li: Department of Chemistry and FRQNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07198-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Synthesis of biaryls by coupling strategies is unavoidably accompanied by stoichiometric metal waste. Here, the authors report the homo- and cross-electrophile coupling by using hydrazine as metal surrogate, only liberating N2 and H2 as side products.

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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