Chemical Communications

Synthesis of functionalised diarylmethanes via a cobalt-catalysed cross-coupling of arylzinc species with benzyl chlorides

M Amatore, C Gosmini

Index: Amatore, Muriel; Gosmini, Corinne Chemical Communications, 2008 , # 40 p. 5019 - 5021

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Citation Number: 45

Abstract

A new cobalt-catalysed reductive coupling of aryl halides with benzyl chlorides is reported; a variety of diarylmethanes can be prepared in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions using CoBr2 as catalyst and Zn dust; this new cobalt-catalysed coupling represents a practical and interesting alternative to previously known methods for the synthesis diarylmethanes.