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• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 34040-64-7 p-methyloxycarbonylbenzyl chloride 
• 108-67-8 1,3,5-trimethyl-benzene 
• 2417-72-3 Methyl 4-(bromomethyl)benzoate 
• 2633-66-1 2-mesitylmagnesium bromide 
• 487-68-3 mesytaldehyde 
• 4170-90-5 2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl alcohol 
• 1571-08-0 methyl 4-formylbenzoate 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Sulfonium Salts with Aryl Iodides

A nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of benzylic sulfonium salts with aryl iodides has been developed, providing direct access to diarylalkanes from readily available and stable coupling partners. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggest that the C-S bond cleavage proceeds through a single-electron transfer process to generate a benzylic radical.

Conversion of Aryl Aldehydes to Benzyl Iodides and Diarylmethanes by H3PO3/I2

For the first time, H3PO3 was used as both the reducing reagent and the promotor in the reductive benzylation reactions with aryl aldehydes. By using a H3PO3/I2 combination, various aromatic aldehydes underwent iodination reactions and Friedel-Crafts type reactions with arenes via benzyl iodide intermediates, readily producing benzyl iodides and diarylmethanes in good yields. Intramolecular cyclization reactions also took place, giving the corresponding cyclic compounds. This new strategy features easy-handling, low-cost, and metal-free conditions.

Preparation method of diarylmethane and derivatives thereof

The invention discloses a preparation method of a diarylmethane compound and a derivative thereof. In a protective atmosphere, heating reaction is carried out on aryl aldehyde and an aromatic hydrocarbon compound in the presence of phosphorous acid and elemental iodine to obtain diarylmethane and the derivative thereof. According to the method, cheap and green solid phosphorous acid is selected as a reducing reagent and an accelerant for reaction, the diarylmethane and the derivative thereof are efficiently prepared by a one-pot one-step method starting from a simple and easily available aryl aldehyde compound in the presence of elemental iodine, and the method has the advantages of simplicity in operation, cheap and easily available reagents, environmental friendliness and the like; use of expensive reducing reagents, metal reagents and transition metal catalysts is avoided, and industrial production is facilitated.

Cobalt-Catalyzed Kumada Coupling Forming Sterically Encumbered C-C Bonds

A Co(acac)3/PN precatalyst was developed and optimized for catalytic Kumada coupling of aryl Grignard reagents to sterically encumbered alkyl halides. The substrate scope demonstrates excellent yields for primary alkyl chlorides and bromides, including good performance using neopentyl chloride and neophyl chloride. Secondary alkyl halides were also successfully arylated in good yields, and the presence of β-hydrogen atoms in a substrate did not inhibit product formation. An intermolecular functional group tolerance screen was conducted which indicates that ester and amide functionality are well tolerated by the reaction conditions. Electrophiles containing ester, pyridine, and nitrile functionality were all coupled with 2-mesitylmagnesium bromide in good yields, supporting tolerance screen results. The intermolecular screen also showed that functional groups which are typically reactive with Grignard reagents such as alcohols and terminal alkynes were not well-tolerated by the reaction.