Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.9, 1001-1003, 2011
Cross-coupling of Aryl/Alkenyl Silyl Ethers with Grignard Reagents through Nickel-catalyzed C-O Bond Activation
C-O activation and its application have drawn much attention since oxygen-based electrophiles are easily available, less toxic, and more environmentally benign. This letter presents systematically results on the Ni-catalyzed Kumada-Tamao-Corriu coupling based on siloxy arenes/alkenes, which provides a new strategy of silyl protection/C-C bond formation sequence in organic synthesis.