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SCIENCE
Volume 355, Issue 6332, Pages 1403-1407Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam7975
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- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Over the past 80 years, phenyl cation intermediates have been implicated in a variety of C-H arylation reactions. Although these examples have inspired several theoretical and mechanistic studies, aryl cation equivalents have received limited attention in organic methodology. Their high-energy, promiscuous reactivity profiles have hampered applications in selective intermolecular processes. We report a reaction design that overcomes these challenges. Specifically, we found that beta-silicon-stabilized aryl cation equivalents, generated via silylium-mediated fluoride activation, undergo insertion into sp(3) and sp(2) C-H bonds. This reaction manifold provides a framework for the catalytic arylation of hydrocarbons, including simple alkanes such as methane. This process uses low loadings of Earth-abundant initiators (1 to 5 mole percent) and occurs under mild conditions (30 degrees to 100 degrees C).
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