A methylation platform of unconventional inert aryl electrophiles: trimethylboroxine as a universal methylating reagent

Boya Feng; Yudong Yang; Jingsong You

doi:10.1039/d0sc01641a

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A methylation platform of unconventional inert aryl electrophiles: trimethylboroxine as a universal methylating reagent

Boya Feng

Yudong Yang

Jingsong You

Chemical Science Vol. 11 No. 23 pp. 6031-6035 · Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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Abstract

A universal platform for catalytic methylation of a series of unconventional inert aryl electrophiles with trimethylboroxine (TMB) is established, which provides a synthetic chemist's toolbox for the construction of methylated arenes.

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Published: Jan 01, 2020
Vol/Issue: 11(23)
Pages: 6031-6035
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Authors

B

Boya Feng

Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064; P. R. China

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Yudong Yang

Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064; P. R. China

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Jingsong You

Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064; P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 21432005

Sichuan University

Cite This Article

Boya Feng, Yudong Yang, Jingsong You (2020). A methylation platform of unconventional inert aryl electrophiles: trimethylboroxine as a universal methylating reagent. Chemical Science, 11(23), 6031-6035. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc01641a

A methylation platform of unconventional inert aryl electrophiles: trimethylboroxine as a universal methylating reagent

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