Potassium tris(triflyl)methide (KCTf3): a broadly applicable promoter for cationic metal catalysis

Junbin Han; Zhichao Lu; Weibo Wang; Gerald B. Hammond; Bo Xu

doi:10.1039/C5CC05306D

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Potassium tris(triflyl)methide (KCTf₃): a broadly applicable promoter for cationic metal catalysis†

Junbin Han,^a Zhichao Lu,^a Weibo Wang,^a Gerald B. Hammond*^a and Bo Xu*^b

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
E-mail: gb.hammond@louisville.edu

^b College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, 2999 North Renmin Lu, Shanghai 201620, China
E-mail: bo.xu@dhu.edu.cn

Abstract

KCTf₃, a commercially available, easily handled neutral salt, enhanced the reaction rates and the chemical yields of a wide spectrum of cationic metal catalyzed reactions, ranging from traditional Lewis acid catalysis to transition metal catalysis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC05306D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 30 Jun 2015
Accepted: 13 Jul 2015
First published: 14 Jul 2015

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 13740-13743

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Potassium tris(triflyl)methide (KCTf₃): a broadly applicable promoter for cationic metal catalysis

J. Han, Z. Lu, W. Wang, G. B. Hammond and B. Xu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13740 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05306D

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