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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Jul 7;132(26):8885–8887. doi: 10.1021/ja1034123

Table 1.

Alkoxy- and acyloxyarylation with various nucleophiles.a

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entry R product yield (%)
1 Me 7 79
2 Et 8 85
3 iPr 9 90
4 (Me)3CCH2 10 91c
5 tBu 11 33b
6 graphic file with name nihms-215072-t0004.jpg 12 85
7 graphic file with name nihms-215072-t0005.jpg 13 85
8 graphic file with name nihms-215072-t0006.jpg 14 88
1:1 d.r.
9 Me(CO)- 15 62
10 Et(CO)- 16 69
11 iPr(CO)- 17 50
12 Ph(CO)- 18 48c
a

100 μmol of alkene, 0.1M in 9:1 MeCN:ROH at 50°C for 14h; 2 equiv PhB(OH)2, 2 equiv. Selectfluor®. The catalyst and PhB(OH)2 were added in two portions at t = 0h and 2h.

b

Yield determined by 1H-NMR versus an internal standard (nitrobenzene).

c

10 equiv. ROH used.