Sengmany S, Daili F, Kribii I, Léonel E. Electrogenerated Nickel Catalyst for C-N Cross-Coupling.
J Org Chem 2023;
88:675-683. [PMID:
36516437 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.2c01964]
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Abstract
Arylamines represent a class of compounds widely found in natural products and pharmaceuticals. Among methodologies devoted to their synthesis, nickel-catalyzed amination of aryl halides constitutes one of the most employed conventional strategies. However, C-N cross-couplings often involve elaborated nickel complexes, which are expensive and/or air and moisture sensitive. To circumvent this issue, we herein report an electrochemical method based on a sacrificial anode process to in situ generate a catalytic amount of nickel salts allowing amination of aryl halides. The approach, simple to set up, proceeds under mild reaction conditions and enables access to a large panel of arylamines.
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