화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemistry Letters, Vol.46, No.5, 711-714, 2017
Iron-catalyzed Methylation of Arylboron Compounds with Iodomethane
The iron-catalyzed methylation of arylboron compounds has been developed for the first time using iodomethane (CH3I) as the electrophile. In the presence of catalytic amounts of an iron-bisphosphine complex and MgBr2, Suzuki-Miyaura-type cross-coupling reactions of CH3I with various arylboron compounds proceed smoothly under mild conditions to afford the corresponding methylated aromatic compounds in good yields.