Ligand-Promoted Nickel-Catalyzed para-Selective Carboxylation of Anisoles was written by Tu, Guangliang;Ju, Guodong;Ji, Shun-Jun;Zhao, Yingsheng. And the article was included in Organic Letters in 2022.Category: benzofurans This article mentions the following:
It has always been a challenge in free radical chem. to control site selectivity during the reaction of free radicals with aromatic rings. Herein, the site-selective carboxylation of anisoles through the direct reaction of the bromoform radical with a benzene ring at the para position under the assistance of 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline with nickel(II) as the catalyst is reported. A wide variety of anisoles were compatible, leading to para-carboxylated products in moderate to good yields. A preliminary mechanistic study suggested that the Ni(II) complex coordinates with the methoxyl group of the aromatic ring, which may have increased the steric hindrance at the ortho and meta positions, while this weak interaction reduces the aromaticity of the aromatic ring, affording an activated Ph ring, thereby leading to highly para-selective carboxylation. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Methyl benzofuran-2-carboxylate (cas: 1646-27-1Category: benzofurans).
Methyl benzofuran-2-carboxylate (cas: 1646-27-1) belongs to benzofurans derivatives. Benzofurans are only weakly aromatic in nature and they are cleaved by many oxidative and reductive conditions. Benzofurans have also made significant and distinctive contributions to biology. They exhibit several biological activities that range from antiviral, antimicrobial, antitumor, anti-inflammatory.Category: benzofurans
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