Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed selective monoarylation in water and sequential functionalisations of C-H bonds.
Résumé
The ruthenium(II)-phosphine catalyst RuCl2(PPh3)(p-cymene) operating water selectively leads to ortho monoarylation, with arylchlorides and heteroarylhalides, of functional arenes. Further catalytic heteroarylation with Ru(OAc)(2)(p-cymene) in water produces mixed bifunctional derivatives.