Organic Letters 2008-11-06

Dehydrative direct arylations of arenes with phenols via ruthenium-catalyzed C-H and C-OH bond functionalizations.

Lutz Ackermann, Michael Mulzer

Index: Org. Lett. 10th ed.,, 5043, (2008)

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Abstract

Phenols can be employed as proelectrophiles in operationally simple ruthenium-catalyzed dehydrative direct arylations, proceeding through chemo- and regioselective functionalizations of C-H and C-OH bonds.