Electron-Catalyzed Coupling of Magnesium Amides with Aryl Iodides.

Kazuya KiriyamaKeisho OkuraFumiko TamakuniEiji Shirakawa

Published in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2018)

An electron was found to catalyze the coupling of magnesium diarylamides with aryl iodides giving triarylamines through a radical-anion intermediate. The transformation requires no transition metal catalysts or additives, and a wide array of products are formed in good-to-excellent yields.

Keyphrases

transition metal
room temperature
ionic liquid
electron transfer
solar cells
high resolution
electron microscopy
high throughput
mass spectrometry