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Metal-free catalysis of sustainable Friedel–Crafts reactions: direct activation of benzene by carbon nitrides to avoid the use of metal chlorides and halogenated compounds

Frédéric Goettmann, Anna Fischer, Markus Antonietti, Arne Thomas

Chemical Communications · 2006 · 280 citations · 23 references

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The use of mesoporous graphitic C3N4 for the activation of benzene permitted to perform more sustainable Friedel-Crafts reactions by allowing to directly use carboxylic acids, alcohols and even quaternary ammoniums or urea as electrophiles.

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Chemical Synthesis of Mesoporous Carbon Nitrides Using Hard Templates and Their Use as a Metal‐Free Catalyst for Friedel–Crafts Reaction of Benzene

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