Direct Arylation of Pyrroles via Indirect Electroreductive C-H Functionalization Using Perylene Bisimide as an Electron-Transfer Mediator

Guoquan Sun; Shuya Ren; Xinhai Zhu; Manna Huang; Yiqian Wan

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03581

Direct Arylation of Pyrroles via Indirect Electroreductive C-H Functionalization Using Perylene Bisimide as an Electron-Transfer Mediator

Org Lett. 2016 Feb 5;18(3):544-7. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03581. Epub 2016 Jan 22.

Authors

Guoquan Sun¹, Shuya Ren¹, Xinhai Zhu¹, Manna Huang¹, Yiqian Wan¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275, P. R. of China.

PMID: 26800089
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03581

Abstract

The indirect electroreductive coupling of aryl halides and pyrroles was successfully conducted using a catalytic amount of perylene bisimide as a mediator in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide ([EMIM]NTf2)/DMSO.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't