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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Oct 2;140(40):12829–12835. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b05870

Scheme 1. Scope of Phenols.

Scheme 1

aTBD used as a base. bPerformed in the dark and obtained as 1H NMR yield. cVacetonitrile:Vbenzene = 1:1, see Table S1. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.30mmol), 2 (0.20 mmol), base (0.30 mmol), solvent (1.5 mL), room temperature, N2. Isolated yield reported. TBD: 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene; BPin: 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane.