One stone two birds: construction of polysubstituted benzenes from the same starting material and precatalyst by switching the active sites of catalyst with different additives

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jan 11;48(3):356-8. doi: 10.1039/c1cc15835j. Epub 2011 Nov 23.

Abstract

Two different tetrasubstituted benzenes were selectively constructed from the same starting materials by tuning the active sites of the Grubbs second generation catalyst (GC-II) with CuI or AgOTf as the additive.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzene / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Cyclization
  • Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

  • Benzene