This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21172106,21074054 and 21372114);the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB923303);the Research FundJbr the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20120091110010);PAN ChangDuo is thankful the support of the Natural Science Foundation of China(21272178).
A simple and efficient radical coupling of 2-isocyanobiphenyl with ethers was developed, providing a variety of 6-alkylated phenanthridines. Both cyclic and acyclic ethers are suitable substrates for this transformati...
We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21272178), the Natural Science Founda- tion of Zhejiang Province (Nos. R4110294 and LY12B02010).
A new copper and silver-mediated cyanation of aryl iodides with DDQ as a cyanide source is achieved, provid- ing nitriles with good yields. This new approach represents a safe method leading to aryl nitriles.