Halogen Selectivity in Nickel Salt-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aryl Grignard Reagents with Bromochlorobenzenes a Novel Synthetic Method of Unsymmetrical Terphenyl

Abstract
The reactions of aryl Grignard reagents with p- and m-bromochlorobenzenes catalyzed by non-ligated NiCl2 give selectively chlorobiphenyl derivatives. By the stepwise reaction, an unsymmetrical terphenyl was synthesized in a good yield.
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