Abstract
A chemo-divergent Friedel–Crafts alkylation and Friedel–Crafts acylation of arenes with α-diazo ketones has been developed. In this reaction, Cu(OTf)2 catalyzed the Friedel–Crafts alkylation via Cu-carbene intermediate, while hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) promoted the Friedel–Crafts acylation via the ketene intermediate. This protocol provides a controllable aromatic C(sp2).H bond functionalization of arenes by tuning the reaction conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Chemistry-Methods |
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| State | Accepted/In press - 2025 |
Keywords
- C.H bond functionalization
- diazo ketones
- Friedel-Crafts alkylation
- Friedel–Crafts acylation
- ketene