Co-reporter:Zhuye Liang, Weichao Xue, Kunhua Lin, and Hegui Gong
Organic Letters 2014 Volume 16(Issue 21) pp:5620-5623
Publication Date(Web):October 21, 2014
DOI:10.1021/ol502682q
Methylation of unactivated alkyl halides and acid chlorides under Ni-catalyzed reductive coupling conditions led to efficient formation of methylated alkanes and ketones using methyl p-methyl tosylate as the methylation reagent. Moderate to excellent coupling yields as well as excellent functional group tolerance were observed under the present mild and easy-to-operate reaction conditions.