Denitrative Hydroxylation of Unactivated Nitroarenes

A one-step method for the conversion of nitroarenes into phenols under operationally simple, transition-metal-free conditions is described. This denitrative functionalization protocol provides a concise and economical alternative to conventional three-step synthetic sequences. Experimental and compu...

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Hauptverfasser: Duff, Lee, Meakin, Harry, Richardson, Adam, Greener, Andrew J, Smith, George W.A, Ocaña, Ivan, Chechik, Victor, James, Michael J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A one-step method for the conversion of nitroarenes into phenols under operationally simple, transition-metal-free conditions is described. This denitrative functionalization protocol provides a concise and economical alternative to conventional three-step synthetic sequences. Experimental and computational studies suggest that nitroarenes may be substituted by an electron-catalysed radical-nucleophilic substitution (SRN1) chain mechanism.
DOI:10.1002/chem.202203807