1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, 060-0810 Sapporo, Japan;2. Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, 001-0021 Sapporo, Japan
Abstract:
The hydroacylation of vinylarenes with acyl fluorides and hydrosilanes was enabled by a synergistic bimetallic Ni/Cu-catalytic system, giving access to the corresponding branched ketone products. The reaction takes place under mild conditions at 25–80 °C and tolerates base-sensitive functional groups such as methoxycarbonyl and acetoxy groups.