@article{pittir18700, volume = {128}, number = {42}, month = {October}, author = {DP Curran and AI Keller}, title = {Radical additions of aryl iodides to arenes are facilitated by oxidative rearomatization with dioxygen}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, pages = {13706 -- 13707}, year = {2006}, url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/18700/}, abstract = {Inter- and intramolecular additions of aryl radicals derived from aryl iodides to arenes are promoted by tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and occur under exceptionally mild conditions (15-30 min at 25 ?C) in nondegassed benzene. A chain mechanism involving reaction of the intermediate cyclohexadienyl radical with oxygen to directly generate the aromatized product and the hydroperoxy radical is proposed. Copyright {\copyright} 2006 American Chemical Society.} }