Chemical Science · 2021 · 41 citations · 39 references
Natural SciencesChemistryCatalysisOrganic ChemistrySynthetic Medicinal ChemistryCross-coupling ReactionsHeterocycle SynthesisC - C Coupling ReactionsC - H Bond FunctionalizationFunctional Group ToleranceHeterocycle FunctionalizationLewis AcidityModular AssemblyPalladium-catalyzed Cross-couplingSilylation Reactions
]oxepines with good functional group tolerance. The key to success for this reaction is that silicon atoms have a stronger affinity for oxygen nucleophiles than carbon nucleophiles, and silacyclobutanes (SCBs) have inherent ring-strain-release Lewis acidity.
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