A versatile approach to ullmann C-N couplings at room temperature: New families of nucleophiles and electrophiles for photoinduced, copper-catalyzed processes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 13107-13112

  Ziegler, Daniel T ^a   Choi, Junwon ^a   Muñoz Molina, José María ^a   Bissember, Alex C ^a   Peters, Jonas C ^a   Fu, Gregory C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL HALIDES; ALKYL HALIDES; BENZIMIDAZOLES; C-N BOND FORMATIONS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; NITROGEN NUCLEOPHILES; PHARMACOPHORES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; COUPLINGS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN; NUCLEOPHILES;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS;

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; COPPER; ELECTROPHILE; HALIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IODOBENZENE; NUCLEOPHILE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CARBON NITROGEN BOND; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOISTURE; PHARMACOPHORE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CARBAZOLES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; IODIDES; IODOBENZENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883730774     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja4060806     Document Type: Article

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