9-Fluorenone as a photosensitizer for nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of aryl halides with alkyl iodides.
A visible-light-driven nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of aryl halides with alkyl iodides has been developed using 9-fluorenone (FLN) as an inexpensive organic photosensitizer. The readily available FLN/diisopropylethylamine system enables C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond formation in moderate to high yields under mild...