Room-Temperature Etherification
Copper catalysis enables highly selective O-arylation of phenols with diazonium salts at room temperature, avoiding diazoether byproducts and directly yielding diaryl ethers.
Xin, Fang · Chengning, Qi · Xiang-Qian, Cao · Ren, Zhigang · Young, David James · Li, Hongxi
Green Chemistry 2023
room temperature conditions
moderate to excellent yields
high functional group tolerance
operational simplicity