Tetrahedron Letters

Cobalt bromide as catalyst in electrochemical addition of aryl halides onto activated olefins

P Gomes, C Gosmini, JY Nédélec, J Périchon

Index: Gomes, Paulo; Gosmini, Corinne; Nedelec, Jean-Yves; Perichon, Jacques Tetrahedron Letters, 2000 , vol. 41, # 18 p. 3385 - 3388

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Abstract

The consumable anode process permits the electrochemical arylation of activated olefins from functionalized aryl halides when cobalt halide is used as catalyst, either associated with bipyridine and pyridine as ligands in DMF as solvent, or with only pyridine in acetonitrile as solvent.