Ji-Min Yang, Yan Cai, Shou-Fei Zhu and Qi-Lin Zhou
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 5516-5519
DOI:
10.1039/C5OB02418H,
Communication
An iron-catalyzed arylation of α-aryl-α-diazoesters with electron-rich benzene rings was developed, which provides an efficient method for the preparation of 1,1-diarylacetates with high yields and excellent chemo- and regio-selectivities.