Paterson, AJ, Heron, CJ, McMullin, CL, Mahon, MF, Press, NJ & Frost, CG 2017,
‘α-Halo carbonyls enable: Meta selective primary, secondary and tertiary C-H alkylations by ruthenium catalysis’, <em>Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry</em>, vol. 15, no. 28, pp. 5993-6000.
Abstract
A catalytic meta selective C–H alkylation of arenes is described using a wide range of α-halo carbonyls as coupling partners.
