Evidence of single electron transfer from the enolate anion of an N,N′-dialkyldiketopiperazine additive in BHAS coupling reactions?

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date: 2017-10-05 DOI: 10.1039/C7OB02209C

Abstract

A designed N,N′-dialkyldiketopiperazine (DKP) provides evidence for the role of DKP additives as initiators that act by electron transfer in base-induced homolytic aromatic substitution reactions, involving coupling of haloarenes to arenes.

Graphical abstract: Evidence of single electron transfer from the enolate anion of an N,N′-dialkyldiketopiperazine additive in BHAS coupling reactions
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