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Published in final edited form as: Org Lett. 2016 Jul 14;18(15):3910–3913. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b01952

Table 2.

Direct Arylation of Tritylanilines^a



entry	substrate	product	yield, %
1			93
2			82
3			61
4			62
5			96

4-Methoxy-N-tritylaniline (0.2 mmol), silyl aryl bromide or iodide (0.36 mmol), CsF (0.75 mmol), solvent (2.5 mL), 110 °C, 48 h; then TFA (1.5 mL). Yields are isolated yields. See the Supporting Information for details. TFA = CF₃CO₂H; DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane.