Nanoscale insight into C–C coupling on cobalt nanoparticles?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2014-07-14 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03678F

Abstract

The Ullmann coupling of bromobenzene to biphenyl on Co nanoparticles proceeds below room temperature via an intermediate in which phenyl groups are bound directly to metallic Co. A similar surface-bound benzyl intermediate is observed for coupling of benzylbromide to bibenzyl on Co.

Graphical abstract: Nanoscale insight into C–C coupling on cobalt nanoparticles
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