(Preview) In this issue of Chem Catalysis, the Larrosa research group develops a synthetic methodology that enables the formation of aryl–alkyl bonds, via C–H activation, by the use of a p-cymene-free mono-cyclometalated Ru(II) catalyst and primary alkyl bromides as coupling partners.
Engineering a mild and site-selective Ru-catalyzed C(sp2)–H alkylation protocol
Chem Catalysis 2021, 1 (3), 497-499, DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2021.07.006.