A surprising substituent effect provides a superior boronic acid catalyst for mild and metal-free direct Friedel-Crafts alkylations and prenylations of neutral arenes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4218-4223

  Ricardo, Carolynne L ^a   Mo, Xiaobin ^a   McCubbin, J Adam ^a,b   Hall, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

arenes; boronic acid; fluoride substituent; Friedel Crafts alkylation; heterogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS;

ARENES; BORONIC ACID; COMMODITY CHEMICALS; FLUORIDE SUBSTITUENT; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS ALKYLATION; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT;

ALKYLATION;

BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; PRENYLATION;

ALKYLATION; BORONIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PRENYLATION;

EID: 84923648720     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500020     Document Type: Article

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