Issue 73, 2012

Oxidative transformation of aryls using molybdenum pentachloride

Abstract

Molybdenum pentachloride combines a strong Lewis acid character with an unusually high oxidation potential creating a powerful reagent for oxidative transformations. Since the oxidative coupling reaction of aryls is induced at an extraordinarily high reaction rate, a variety of labile groups, e.g. iodo, tert-alkyl, etc., are tolerated on the aromatic core. Furthermore, the co-formed molybdenum salts can either be exploited for template effects to obtain uncommon geometries in a preferred manner, or redox-play starts after aqueous workup. Therefore MoCl5 represents a unique and easily available reagent.

Graphical abstract: Oxidative transformation of aryls using molybdenum pentachloride

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Aromaticity

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
31 May 2012
Accepted
04 Jul 2012
First published
04 Jul 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 9109-9119

Oxidative transformation of aryls using molybdenum pentachloride

S. R. Waldvogel and S. Trosien, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 9109 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC33925K

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