Alkylation The alkyl chain of boronic acids is transferred to sim
ple unbiased arenes at the “manganese station” to get interesting alkylarenes. More
precisely, manganese(III) acetate
promotes the formal C−H alkylation of arenes with boronic acids as alkylating agents through a
process where radicals seem to be involved. The
possibility of accessing linear
n-alkyl arenes by this method is
particularly remarkable because traditional direct arene alkylation
procedures (Friedel–Crafts alkylation) do not allow the synthesis of this
particular ty
pe of com
pounds. For more details see the Communication by F. J. Fañan&
aacute;s, R. Vicente, F. Rodríguez et al. on
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