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Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Direct Arylation of Uracils and Caffeines with Arenes Using Molecular Oxygen as the Sole Oxidant

  • Pan Guoshuai ,
  • Wu Kongchuan ,
  • Deng Zeying ,
  • Zhang Xinyu ,
  • Zhang Xiaofeng ,
  • Lin Shen ,
  • Huang Qiufeng
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  • a College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007;
    b Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350007

Received date: 2018-02-04

  Revised date: 2018-03-25

  Online published: 2018-04-13

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 6152010615), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2017J01572), the Foundation of Fujian Educational Committee (No. JZ160424), the Fujian Province University Fund for New Century Excellent Talents, and Undergraduate Training Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (No. 201710394061).

Abstract

Palladium-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling of uracil or caffeine with unactivated arenes has been developed. The approach was characterized by using atmospheric pressure of molecular oxygen as the sole oxidant. Functional groups such as halo, ester, nitro, nitrile and ether are well-tolerated under the reaction conditions. This novel strategy provides a straightforward, facile and economical route to C6-aryl uracil derivatives or C8-aryl caffeine derivatives.

Cite this article

Pan Guoshuai , Wu Kongchuan , Deng Zeying , Zhang Xinyu , Zhang Xiaofeng , Lin Shen , Huang Qiufeng . Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Direct Arylation of Uracils and Caffeines with Arenes Using Molecular Oxygen as the Sole Oxidant[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 , 38(8) : 2076 -2084 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201802008

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