Abstract
The rational design of a phosphine ligand for the reductive elimination-demanding Pd-catalyzed mono-α-arylation of acetone is demonstrated and reported. The catalyst is tolerant of previously proven challenging electron-deficient aryl chlorides and provides excellent product yields with down to 0.1 mol % Pd. Preliminary investigations suggest that the rate-limiting step for the proposed system is the oxidative addition of aryl chlorides, in which it contradicts previous findings regarding the α-arylation of acetone with aryl halides. © 2015 American Chemical Society.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4612-4615 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| Online published | 9 Sept 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - 18 Sept 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |