Organic Chemistry Frontiers Pub Date : 10/28/2016 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C6QO00529B
Abstract
A variety of bibenzyl derivatives have been synthesized with excellent atom economy via C(sp3)–H–C(sp3)–H coupling of readily available methyl arenes using K2S2O8 under metal-free and environmentally benign conditions.