A sulfur-directed Fe(III)-mediated ortho C–H coupling of arenes with unactivated terminal alkenes gives products of regioselective alkene chloroarylation. The novel mechanism involves redox-activation of the arene partner and alkene addition to the resultant aryl radical cation.
C. W. Cavanagh, M. H. Aukland, A. Hennessy and D. J. Procter, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 9272 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02676H
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