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SUBMITTER: Sephton T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952162 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sephton Thomas T Charitou Anastasios A Trujillo Cristina C Large Jonathan M JM Butterworth Sam S Greaney Michael F MF
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20231106 49
Anilines are potentially high-value arylating agents, but are limited by the low reactivity of the strong C-N bond. We show that the reactive intermediate benzyne can be used to both activate anilines, and set-up an aryl transfer reaction in a single step. The reaction does not require any transition metal catalysts or stoichiometric organometallics, and establishes a metal-free route to valuable biaryl products by functionalizing the aniline C-N bond. ...[more]