Abstract
Suzuki–Miyaura coupling is a practical and attractive carbon−carbon bond formation reaction due to its high efficiency and wide functional group compatibility, but its industrial applications are limited because it is typically catalysed by expensive palladium-containing transition-metal complexes. Here we show a robust and chemoselective organocatalytic Suzuki−Miyaura-type coupling of aryl halides with arylboronic acids catalysed by amines. The utility and scope of this reaction were demonstrated by the synthesis of several commercially relevant small molecules and a selection of derivatives of pharmaceutical drugs.
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Characterization of the products, experimental procedures, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, electron paramagnetic resonance and details for DFT calculations are available in the Supplementary Information. The other data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21472033, 21571047, 21672001, 21702041, 21971051, 21871074 and 51961135104), the Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province (201904a07020069) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (PA2020GDKC0021, JZ2020HGTB0062). This article is dedicated to the memory of H.-J.X.’s mentor Professor You-Cheng Liu.
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L.X., H.-Z.Y. and H.-J.X. devised the project. L.X., H.-Z.Y. and H.-J.X. designed and discussed the experiments. L.X., F.-Y.L., W.-J.C. and Z.-L.L. performed the experiments, compound characterization and data analysis. Q.Z., Y.L. and H.-Z.Y. performed the computational studies and the mechanistic studies. L.X., J.X., J.-J.D. and H.-J.X. prepared the manuscript.
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Cartesian coordinates of Cat, K2CO3, Ph–B(OH)2, Int1, Int2, Int3, TS 3–4, Int4, Int5, TS 4–pro, TS 5–pro, Prod, [KHCO3K2CO3BO(OH)], Int6, Int7, Int8, Int2a, Int2b, Int2c, Int2d, Int1a, Int1b, Int7a and Int9.
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Xu, L., Liu, FY., Zhang, Q. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: The amine-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura-type coupling of aryl halides and arylboronic acids. Nat Catal 4, 71–78 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-00564-z
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