Decarbonylative C–H coupling of azoles and aryl esters: unprecedented nickel catalysis and application to the synthesis of muscoride A

K Amaike, K Muto, J Yamaguchi…

Index: Amaike, Kazuma; Muto, Kei; Yamaguchi, Junichiro; Itami, Kenichiro Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 134, # 33 p. 13573 - 13576

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Abstract

A nickel-catalyzed decarbonylative C–H biaryl coupling of azoles and aryl esters is described. The newly developed catalytic system does not require the use of expensive metal catalysts or silver-or copper-based stoichiometric oxidants. We have successfully applied this new C–H arylation reaction to a convergent formal synthesis of muscoride A.

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