posted on 2019-03-11, 00:00authored byRina Sikari, Suman Sinha, Siuli Das, Anannya Saha, Gargi Chakraborty, Rakesh Mondal, Nanda D. Paul
A simple
and efficient approach of C–S cross-coupling of
a wide variety of (hetero)aryl thiols and (hetero)aryl halides under
mild conditions, mostly at room temperature, catalyzed by well-defined
singlet diradical Ni(II) catalysts bearing redox noninnocent ligands
is reported. Taking advantage of ligand centered redox events, the
high-energetic Ni(0)/Ni(II) or Ni(I)/Ni(III) redox steps were avoided
in the catalytic cycle. The cooperative participation of both nickel
and the coordinated ligands during oxidative addition/reductive elimination
steps allowed us to perform the catalytic reactions under mild conditions.