ChemInform Abstract: Di‐tert‐butyl Peroxide Promoted Direct C—H Arylation of Unactivated Arenes with Aryl Halides.

• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201433103
• Publication Date: 2014-07-28T10:20:18Z
• Authors: Yi‐Wei Zhu; Wen‐Bin Yi; Jin‐Long Qian; Chun Cai
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

AbstractDi‐tert‐butyl peroxide can smoothly promote the coupling of aryl halides with benzene derivatives without the aid of transition‐metal catalysts through a chain homolytic aromatic substitution mechanism in the presence of potassium tert‐butoxide.