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Redox-Active Esters in Fe-Catalyzed C-C Coupling

Fumihiko Toriyama, Josep Cornella, Laurin Wimmer, Tie-Gen Chen, Darryl D. Dixon, Gardner Creech and Phil S. Baran*

*Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States, Email: pbaranscripps.edu

F. Toriyama, J. Cornella, L. Wimmer, T.-G. Chen, D. D. Dixon, G. Creech, P. S. Baran, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 11132-11135.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07172


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Abstract

Cross-coupling of redox-active esters (both isolated and derived in situ from carboxylic acids) with organozinc and organomagnesium species using an Fe-based catalyst system originally developed for alkyl halides is scalable and sustainable.

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Key Words

Alkylation


ID: J48-Y2016