Nickel-catalyzed one-pot deoxygenation and reductive homocoupling of phenols via C-O activation using TCT reagent.

A new method for C-O bond activation of phenolic compounds has been achieved using 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine to utilize in one-pot Ni-catalyzed deoxygenation and reductive homocoupling reactions. With this simple method, phenolic compounds were converted to their corresponding arenes or biaryl compounds under mild conditions. The introduced methodology has a broad scope and demonstrates good functional group compatibility.