Herein, we report the palladium‐catalyzed direct arylation of unactivated aliphatic C−H bonds in free primary amines. This method takes advantage of an
- Award ID(s):
- 1650766
- PAR ID:
- 10146147
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Chemical Communications
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 61
- ISSN:
- 1359-7345
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 9003 to 9006
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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