Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Enantioselective benzylic C–H arylation via photoredox and nickel dual catalysis

  • Xiaokai Cheng,
  • Huangzhe Lu,
  • Zhan Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11392-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Chiral 1,1-diaryl alkanes are important targets in pharmaceutical industry. Here, the authors report report a redox-neutral enantioselective benzylic C−H bond arylation via photoredox/nickel dual catalysis accessing chiral 1,1-diarylalkane compounds under mild conditions.