Electrooxidative double C–H/C–H coupling of phenols with 3-phenylbenzothiophenes: facile access to benzothiophene derivatives†
Jianming
Liu 
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Abstract
An efficient electrooxidative double C–H/C–H coupling of phenols with 3-phenylbenzothiophene has been developed under external oxidant- and catalyst-free conditions. This strategy could enable the highly tunable access to benzothiophene derivatives and exhibited broad substrate generality under mild conditions. The reaction is likely to proceed via the cross-coupling of the p-methoxylphenol radical and the 3-phenylbenzothiophene radical cation.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Synthetic methodology in OBC
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