Abstract
The synthesis and reactivity of phenanthroline-ligated copper and silver benzoate and aryl complexes are reported. The commonly proposed copper(i) and silver(i) aryl species are shown to be unlikely intermediates in the oxidative decarboxylative coupling reaction. Instead, the copper(ii) benzoate undergoes decarboxylative coupling suggesting an unexpected copper(ii) based pathway.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 519-524 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Organic Chemistry Frontiers |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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