Abstract
The synthesis of diarylamine is extremely important in organic chemistry. Herein, a novel electrochemical reductive arylation of nitroarenes with arylboronic acids was developed. A variety of diarylamines were synthesized without the need for transition-metal catalysts. The reaction could be scaled up efficiently in a flow cell and several derivatization reactions were carried out smoothly. Cyclic voltammetry experiments and mechanism studies showed that acetonitrile, formic acid, and triethyl phosphite all played a role in promoting this reductive arylation transformation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5399-5404 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | ChemSusChem |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 17 Dec 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- diarylamine
- electrochemistry
- homogeneous catalysis
- metal-free
- reductive arylation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- General Materials Science
- General Energy