N2H4 as traceless mediator for homo- and cross- aryl coupling

Synthesis of biaryls by coupling strategies is unavoidably accompanied by stoichiometric metal waste. Here, the authors report the homo- and cross-electrophile coupling by using hydrazine as metal surrogate, only liberating N2 and H2 as side products.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leiyang Lv, Zihang Qiu, Jianbin Li, Mingxin Liu, Chao-Jun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07198-7