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An effective bismuth-catalyzed benzylation of arenes and heteroarenes

A highly efficient Bi(OTf)3-catalyzed benzylation of arenes and heteroarenes has been developed. The mild reaction conditions, high yields, operational simplicity and practicability, broad scope, and remarkably low catalyst loading render this environment friendly process an attractive approach to diarylmethane derivatives. The extension to an intramolecular variant of this procedure provides a valuable route to substituted fluorenes.

Efficient and general continuous-flow hydroarylation and hydroalkylation of styrenes

A simple and efficient continuous-flow hydroarylation of arenes and heteroarenes using various styrenes in conjunction with a heterogeneous catalyst has been developed. Additionally, this method has been successfully extended to the hydroalkylation of styrenes by employing 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds as the nucleophile. Multigram quantities of diarylmethanes have been prepared using this new flow method. Copyright

Secondary benzylation with benzyl alcohols catalyzed by a high-valent heterobimetallic Ir-Sn complex

(Chemical Equation Presented) A highly efficient secondary benzylation procedure has been demonstrated using a high-valent heterobimetallic complex [Ir2(COD)2(SnCls)2(Cl)2(μ-Cl) 2] 1 as the catalyst in 1,2-dichloroethane to afford the corresponding benzylated products in moderate to excellent yields. The reaction was performed not only with carbon nucleophiles (arenes and heteroarenes) but also with oxygen (alcohol), nitrogen (amide and sulfonamide), and sulfur (thiol) nucleophiles. Mechanistic investigation showed the intermediacy of the ether in this reaction. An electrophilic mechanism is proposed from Hammett correlation.

Efficient metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of styrenes

A highly efficient metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of various styrenes has been developed. This new bismuth-catalyzed C-H functionalization provides straightforward access to a series of valuable 1,1-diarylalkane products.

An efficient and general iron-catalyzed arylation of benzyl alcohols and benzyl carboxylates

(Chemical Equation Presented) Green grow the diarylmethanes: Substituted arenes and heteroarenes can be easily benzylated in the presence of inexpensive and relatively nontoxic metal salts such as FeCl3 (see scheme). This arylation method with benzyl alcohols is a state-of-the-art green route to diarylmethanes as water is the only by-product.