A Synthetic Approach to Dimetallated Arenes Using Flow Microreactors and the Switchable Application to Chemoselective Cross-Coupling Reactions
Ashikari, Y.; Kawaguchi, T.; Mandai, K.; Aizawa, Y.; Nagaki, A.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17039–17047.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06370
Aromatic compounds with different metallic substituents within the same molecule, called bimetallic arenes, were generated. With bimetallic arenes, metal-selective cross-coupling reactions were achieved.