Issue 17, 2020
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Chemical Science

Ortho C–H arylation of arenes at room temperature using visible light ruthenium C–H activation†

Arunachalam Sagadevan, ORCID logo a   Anastasios Charitou, ORCID logo a   Fen Wang,a   Maria Ivanova,a   Martin Vuagnata  and  Michael F. Greaney ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
E-mail: michael.greaney@manchester.ac.uk

Abstract

A ruthenium-catalyzed ortho C–H arylation process is described using visible light. Using the readily available catalyst [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2, visible light irradiation was found to enable arylation of 2-aryl-pyridines at room temperature for a range of aryl bromides and iodides.

Graphical abstract: Ortho C–H arylation of arenes at room temperature using visible light ruthenium C–H activation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC01289K
Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
02 Mar 2020
Accepted
06 Apr 2020
First published
07 Apr 2020
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 4439-4443

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Ortho C–H arylation of arenes at room temperature using visible light ruthenium C–H activation

A. Sagadevan, A. Charitou, F. Wang, M. Ivanova, M. Vuagnat and M. F. Greaney, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 4439 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01289K

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