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Synfacts 2010(8): 0935-0935  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257763
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Arylsilane Oxidation - New Routes to Hydroxylated Aromatics

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Stefan Wunderlich
S. Bracegirdle, E. A. Anderson*
University of Oxford, UK
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Publication Date:
22 July 2010 (online)

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Significance

An efficient route to functionalized phenol derivatives has been developed via the oxidation of aryl organosilanes with good tolerance towards functional groups. The reaction proceeds under relatively mild conditions using substoichiometric amounts of TBAF.