Issue 11, 2020

A palladium-catalyzed C–H functionalization route to ketones via the oxidative coupling of arenes with carbon monoxide

Abstract

We describe the development of a new palladium-catalyzed method to generate ketones via the oxidative coupling of two arenes and CO. This transformation is catalyzed by simple palladium salts, and is postulated to proceed via the conversion of arenes into high energy aroyl triflate electrophiles. Exploiting the latter can also allow the synthesis of unsymmetrical ketones from two different arenes.

Graphical abstract: A palladium-catalyzed C–H functionalization route to ketones via the oxidative coupling of arenes with carbon monoxide

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
06 Jan 2020
Accepted
19 Feb 2020
First published
20 Feb 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 3104-3109

A palladium-catalyzed C–H functionalization route to ketones via the oxidative coupling of arenes with carbon monoxide

T. M. Levesque, R. G. Kinney and B. A. Arndtsen, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 3104 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00085J

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