By using aldehydes or ketones as the catalyst and screening CsOH out as the more effective base than KOH in many instances, an efficient 9-C-alkylation of fluorenes with alcohols was...
central goal in catalysis. This would be especially interesting when the reactivity and selectivity patterns can be tuned. Herein, we introduced the first Mn-catalyzed selective C-alkylation and olefination of fluorene, and indene with alcohols. Various substrates including benzylic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic primary and secondary alcohols are employed as alkylating agents. Mechanistic investigations