Nickel-catalyzed decarbonylative C-H coupling reactions: A strategy for preparing Bis(heteroaryl) backbones

Abstract

Activation à la carte: The direct arylation of heteroarenes was accomplished by employing aromatic esters as effective coupling partners under nickel catalysis (see scheme; Z=O, S). The key process implies an unconventional and unprecedent Ni-catalyzed decarbonylative coupling utilizing cost-efficient nickel catalysts. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.