Chromium-catalyzed para-selective formation of quaternary carbon centers by alkylation of benzamide derivatives

The selective installation of quaternary carbon substituents on arenes is a highly challenging synthetic goal. Here, the authors report a chromium-catalyzed para-selective functionalization of benzamides with tertiary organometallic reagents under mild conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pei Liu, Changpeng Chen, Xuefeng Cong, Jinghua Tang, Xiaoming Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07069-1