Evidence for the interaction between tBuOK and 1,10-phenanthroline to form the 1,10-phenanthroline radical anion: a key step for the activation of aryl bromides by electron transfer

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A macrocyclic aromatic pyridone pentamer as a highly efficient organocatalyst for the direct arylations of unactivated arenes

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Simple alcohols promoted direct C–H arylation of unactivated arenes with aryl halides

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A Radical Process towards the Development of Transition-Metal-Free Aromatic CarbonCarbon Bond-Forming Reactions

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Expeditious Approach to Pyrrolophenanthridones, Phenanthridines, and Benzo[c]phenanthridines via Organocatalytic Direct Biaryl-Coupling Promoted by Potassium tert-Butoxide

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Room-Temperature Photoinduced Direct C–H-Arylation via Base-Promoted Homolytic Aromatic Substitution

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Phenyl Hydrazine as Initiator for Direct Arene C–H Arylation via Base Promoted Homolytic Aromatic Substitution

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Visible-Light Photoredox in Homolytic Aromatic Substitution: Direct Arylation of Arenes with Aryl Halides

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Organic super-electron-donors: initiators in transition metal-free haloarene–arene coupling

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Transition-metal-free highly chemo- and regioselective arylation of unactivated arenes with aryl halides over recyclable heterogeneous catalysts

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Proline Catalyzes Direct C–H Arylations of Unactivated Arenes

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Metal-Free, Visible-Light-Mediated Direct C–H Arylation of Heteroarenes with Aryl Diazonium Salts

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Intramolecular Direct C–H Bond Arylation from Aryl Chlorides: A Transition-Metal-Free Approach for Facile Access of Phenanthridines

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Intramolecular Direct Dehydrohalide Coupling Promoted by KOtBu: Total Synthesis of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Anhydrolycorinone and Oxoassoanine

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Synthesis of fluorenones viaquaternary ammonium salt-promoted intramolecular dehydrogenative arylation of aldehydes

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Cross-Coupling of Aryl Grignard Reagents with Aryl Iodides and Bromides through SRN1 Pathway

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A facile, metal- and solvent-free, autoxidative coupling of quinolines with indoles and pyrroles

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Direct arylation of unactivated aromatic C–H bonds catalyzed by a stable organic radical

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Neocuproine–KOtBu promoted intramolecular cross coupling to approach fused rings

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First Evidence of the Oxidative Addition of Fe0(N,N)2 to Aryl Halides: This Precondition Is Not a Guarantee of Efficient Iron-Catalysed C-N Cross-Coupling Reactions

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Base-Mediated Intermolecular sp2C−H Bond Arylation via Benzyne Intermediates

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New Ligands That Promote Cross-Coupling Reactions between Aryl Halides and Unactivated Arenes

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Potassiumtert-Butoxide Promoted Intramolecular Arylation via a Radical Pathway

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Arylation of unactivated arenes

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tert-Butoxide-Mediated Arylation of Benzene with Aryl Halides in the Presence of a Catalytic 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivative

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Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C−H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene

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An efficient organocatalytic method for constructing biaryls through aromatic C–H activation

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Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of (Hetero)Arenes by CH Bond Cleavage

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Potassiumt-Butoxide Alone Can Promote the Biaryl Coupling of Electron-Deficient Nitrogen Heterocycles and Haloarenes

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