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Metal-free arylation of benzene and pyridine promoted by amino-linked nitrogen heterocyclic carbenes
Chen, Wen-Ching,Hsu, Yu-Chen,Shih, Wei-Chun,Lee, Ching-Yu,Chuang, Wen-Han,Tsai, Yi-Fang,Chen, Peter Ping-Yu,Ong, Tiow-Gan
, p. 6702 - 6704 (2012)
An amino-linked nitrogen heterocyclic carbene (amino-NHC), 1-tBu, has been shown to mediate carbon-carbon coupling through the direct C-H functionalization of benzene and pyridine in the absence of a metal catalyst. Using EPR, the first spectroscopic evidence corroborating the single electron transfer mechanism for the metal-free carbon-carbon coupling manifold, as reported by others, is introduced.