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Metal-free carbon-carbon cross-couplings between the ion pairs in sulfonium tetraphenylborates
Xu, Mei-Li,Huang, Wenhua
, p. 4230 - 4232 (2014/07/22)
A series of sulfonium tetraphenylborates can be readily prepared by the metathesis of sulfonium halides with sodium tetraphenylborates. After heating at 120-150 °C, the sulfonium tetraphenylborates can smoothly undergo the cross-couplings between the tetraphenylborate anions and the sulfonium cations in the absence of a metal catalyst. For carbonylmethyl-, benzyl-, and allylsulfoniums, the corresponding carbonylmethyl-phenyl, benzyl-phenyl, and allyl-phenyl cross-coupling products can be obtained in 22-76% yields. An interionic electron-transfer mechanism for this cross-coupling reaction is proposed.
