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Copper (I) tert-butoxide-promoted coupling of o-(1-hydroxyalkyl) arylsilanes with organic halides

H Taguchi, K Takami, A Tsubouchi, T Takeda

Index: Taguchi, Haruhiko; Takami, Kazuto; Tsubouchi, Akira; Takeda, Takeshi Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 2 p. 429 - 432

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Abstract

Copper (I) tert-butoxide-promoted coupling of arylsilanes possessing a 1-hydroxyalkyl group at the o-position with organic halides proceeded to give disubstituted arenes. The results indicate that an intermediary arylcopper species is formed by aromatic Csp2-to-O silyl migration.