A Ni-catalyzed arylation of inert C–O bonds that operates at temperatures as low as −40 °C is described. Unlike other methods for C–O bond cleavage utilizing organometallic species, this protocol operates at low temperatures, thus allowing the presence of sensitive functional groups with exquisite site-selectivity and stereoselectivity.
Ni-Catalyzed Stereoselective Arylation of Inert C–O bonds at Low Temperatures
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 6298-6301.
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