Copper‐Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of Alkyl Iodides Enabled by Aryl Radical Activation of Carbon–Iodine Bonds
作者:Aijie Cai、Wenhao Yan、Chao Wang、Wei Liu
DOI:10.1002/anie.202111993
日期:2021.12.20
An aryl radical activation strategy has been developed that can engage unactivated alkyliodides in copper-catalyzed Negishi-type cross-coupling reactions. The strategy is based on the largely overlooked yet highly efficient reactivity of aryl radicals to abstract iodine atoms from alkyliodides.