Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Iodides with Aromatic Aldehydes: Chemoselective Synthesis of Ketones

Abstract

Aryl iodides (ArI) couple with aryl aldehydes (Ar'CHO) in the presence of Ni(dppe)Br(2) and Zn to give the corresponding biaryl ketones (ArCOAr'). The use of a bidentate phosphine complex is critical to the success of this catalytic reaction. The reaction provides a new procedure for the synthesis of various functionalized biaryl ketones.