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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Jul 10;139(28):9487–9490. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b05165

Table 2.

Optimization of thes Arylation Reactiona

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entry equivalent of 1b solvent equiv. of CsOAc yieldb
1 1 DCE 1 trace
2 1 DMF 1 58%
3 1 DMA 1 61%
4 2 DMA 1 68%
5 2 DMA 0.5 67%
6 3 DMA 1 87%(83%)
a

Reactions were run with 1b, terephthalonitrile (0.1 mmol, 1 equiv), photocatalyst (3 mol %), base in 0.5 mL of solvent.

b

Yields were determined by 1H NMR analysis, and isolated yield is given in parentheses.