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Electrochemical Reductive Arylation of Nitroarenes with Arylboronic Acids.

Dan WangZhaohua WanHeng ZhangHesham AlhumadeHong YiAiwen Lei
Published in: ChemSusChem (2021)
The synthesis of diarylamine is extremely important in organic chemistry. Herein, a novel electrochemical reductive arylation of nitroarenes with arylboronic acids was developed. A variety of diarylamines were synthesized without the need for transition-metal catalysts. The reaction could be scaled up efficiently in a flow cell and several derivatization reactions were carried out smoothly. Cyclic voltammetry experiments and mechanism studies showed that acetonitrile, formic acid, and triethyl phosphite all played a role in promoting this reductive arylation transformation.
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