Organocatalysis and C-H Activation Meet Radical- and Electron-Transfer Reactions

摘要

The research groups of Shi, Shirakawa/Hayashi, and Kwong/Lei have recently reported independently on the construction of biaryl compounds from unactivated aromatic rings by direct C-H activation with the aid of organo-catalysts. Published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and Nature Chem., the results were described as "conceptual breakthroughs" because no metal catalyst was needed.