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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Nov 13;56(46):14727-14731. doi: 10.1002/anie.201708946. Epub 2017 Oct 20.

Single and Twofold Metal- and Reagent-Free Anodic C-C Cross-Coupling of Phenols with Thiophenes.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Anton Wiebe, Sebastian Lips, Dieter Schollmeyer, Robert Franke, Siegfried R Waldvogel

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
  2. Max Planck Graduate Center, Mainz, Germany.
  3. Evonik Performance Materials GmbH, Marl, Germany.
  4. Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.

PMID: 28967700 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708946

Abstract

The first electrochemical dehydrogenative C-C cross-coupling of thiophenes with phenols has been realized. This sustainable and very simple to perform anodic coupling reaction enables access to two classes of compounds of significant interest. The scope for electrochemical C-H-activating cross-coupling reactions was expanded to sulfur heterocycles. Previously, only various benzoid aromatic systems could be converted, while the application of heterocycles was not successful in the electrochemical C-H-activating cross-coupling reaction. Here, reagent- and metal-free reaction conditions offer a sustainable electrochemical pathway that provides an attractive synthetic method to a broad variety of bi- and terarylic products based on thiophenes and phenols. This method is easy to conduct in an undivided cell, is scalable, and is inherently safe. The resulting products offer applications in electronic materials or as [OSO]

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Keywords: C−C coupling; C−H activation; electrochemistry; oxidation; sulfur heterocycles

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