Castro–Stephens coupling

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Castro–Stephens coupling
Named afterCharles E. Castro
Robert D. Stephens
Reaction type Coupling reaction
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RSC ontology ID RXNO:0000525

The Castro–Stephens coupling is a cross coupling reaction between a copper(I) acetylide and an aryl halide in pyridine, forming a disubstituted alkyne and a copper(I) halide. [1] [2]

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The reaction was described in 1963 by chemists Castro and Stephens. [1] [2] The reaction is similar to the much older Rosenmund–von Braun synthesis (1914) [3] [4] between aryl halides and copper(I) cyanide and was itself modified in 1975 as the Sonogashira coupling by adding a palladium catalyst and preparing the organocopper compound in situ , allowing copper to also be used catalytically. [5] [6]

A typical reaction diphenylacetylene is obtained by the coupling of iodobenzene with CuC2C6H5 in hot pyridine: [1]

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Unlike the Sonogashira coupling, the Castro–Stephens coupling can produce heterocyclic compounds when a nucleophilic group is ortho to the aryl halide, although this typically requires use of dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent. [7] [8]

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