Nickel-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Couplings of Fluorinated Secondary Electrophiles: A General Approach to the Synthesis of Compounds having a Perfluoroalkyl Substituent

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 9047-9051

  Liang, Yufan ^a   Fu, Gregory C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

cross coupling; fluorine; homogeneous catalysis; nickel; zinc

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COUPLINGS; FLUORINE; ZINC;

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYL-1-PIPERIDINYLOXY; CROSS-COUPLINGS; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; REACTION CONDITIONS; SELECTIVE COUPLING; TERTIARY CARBON ATOM; VERSATILE METHODS;

NICKEL;

NICKEL; ZINC;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; HALOGENATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 84937691630     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503297     Document Type: Article

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