. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Feb 21;139(8):2960–2963. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b01114

Table 3.

Evaluation of carbonyl substituents.

Conditions: biaryl (0.13 mmol), FeCl₃ (5 mol%), in dichloroethane (0.1M), rt, 1–12 h;

reaction heated to 50°C;