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Ruthenium-catalysed σ-activation for remote meta-selective C–H functionalisation

Jamie A. Leitch ORCID logo a  and  Christopher G. Frost ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Somerset, UK
E-mail: c.g.frost@bath.ac.uk

Abstract

The search for selective C–H functionalisation has enabled some of the most elegant techniques in modern catalysis. Herein, we review the rapidly expanding field of ruthenium catalysed σ-activation as a tool in the selective meta-C–H functionalisation of arenes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CS00496F
Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
08 Aug 2017
First published
17 Oct 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017,46, 7145-7153

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Ruthenium-catalysed σ-activation for remote meta-selective C–H functionalisation

J. A. Leitch and C. G. Frost, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 7145 DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00496F

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