Metallic salt-catalyzed direct indium insertion into alkyl iodides and their applications in cross-coupling reactions

Bing Zhi Chen, Chuang Xin Wang, Zhen Hua Jing, Xue Qiang Chu, Teck Peng Loh, Zhi Liang Shen

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Abstract

An efficient method for the synthesis of alkyl indium reagents by means of an indium(iii) or lead(ii) halide-catalyzed direct insertion of indium into alkyl iodides and their applications in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with aryl halides is developed. NMR and ESI-MS analyses indicated that rather than the formation of the commonly recognized alkyl indium sesquihalide with the formulation of R 3 In 2 X 3 , the formed alkyl indium reagent in the present protocol should be a mixture of an alkyl indium dihalide (RInX 2 ) and a dialkyl indium halide (R 2 InX) (both of them presumably exist as dimers).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-318
Number of pages6
JournalOrganic Chemistry Frontiers
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Feb 2019

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