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Direct coupling of arenes and iodoarenes catalyzed by a rhodium complex with a strongly π-accepting phosphite ligand

S Yanagisawa, T Sudo, R Noyori, K Itami

Index: Yanagisawa, Shuichi; Sudo, Tomoko; Noyori, Ryoji; Itami, Kenichiro Tetrahedron, 2008 , vol. 64, # 26 p. 6073 - 6081

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Abstract

A new rhodium-based catalytic system for the direct C–H coupling of arenes and iodoarenes that shows high activity with reasonably broad scope was developed. Under the catalytic influence of RhCl (CO){P [OCH (CF3) 2] 3} 2 and Ag2CO3, the direct C–H arylation of heteroarenes and arenes took place with iodoarenes to afford a range of biaryls in good to excellent yields with high regioselectivity. Thiophenes, furans, pyrroles, indoles, and ...