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A Microwave-Assisted Direct Heteroarylation of Ketones Using Transition Metal Catalysis
Published on: February 16, 2020
Directed ortho Metalation reaction of aryl O-carbamates on solid support
Claire Milburn1, Robert R Milburn, Victor Snieckus
1Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.
Abstract:
The first Directed ortho Metalation (DoM) reaction of aryl O-carbamates on polystyrene-divinylbenzene (PS-DVB) resin using a trityl linker is described. Using low temperatures and short metalation times, a range of electrophiles have been introduced to give, after cleavage from support, substituted benzyl alcohols in high purity. [reaction: see text]
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