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SUBMITTER: Zhang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10598264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20231024 1
The reaction mechanism of the historic copper-catalyzed Glaser coupling has been debated to be based on redox cycles of Cu ions in specific oxidation states or on a radical mechanism based on Cu(0)/Cu(I). Here, the authors demonstrate two coexisting Glaser coupling pathways which can be differentiated by anaerobic/irradiation or aerobic reaction conditions. Without O<sub>2</sub>, copper(I) acetylides undergo a photo-excited pathway to generate highly reactive alkynyl radicals, which combine toge ...[more]