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. 2019 Feb 7;10:639. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08414-8

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

Proposed mechanism for the reaction between 1a and 2a. Tentative reaction mechanism involves anodic oxidation of aniline to generate aniline cation radical and diphenylamine to generate nitrogen radical, cross-coupling of aniline cation radical with nitrogen radical and deprotonation to furnish the final product