<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patel, Ulhas N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Punji, Benudhar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Copper- and phosphine-free nickel(II)-catalyzed method for C-H bond alkynylation of benzothiazoles and related azoles</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alkynylation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">azoles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C-H activation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterocycles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nickel</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUL</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1390-1395</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A phosphine-free nickel(II)-catalyzed method for the C(2)-H bond alkynylation of (benzo)thiazoles, (benz)imidazoles, and oxazoles is described. Well-defined and air-stable (Phen)NiCl2 catalyst efficiently catalyzes the coupling of diverse azoles with alkynyl bromides without the use of a copper co-catalyst, and the method tolerates synthetically important functional groups. Preliminary mechanistic studies on this Ni-II-catalyzed alkynylation emphasize the homogeneous nature of the catalyst, and rule out a radical manifold for the reaction. The synthetic utility of this Ni-catalyzed method is demonstrated by further functionalizing the alkynylated benzothiazoles to 3-methyl-2-(alkynyl)benzo[d]thiazolium salts that are known DNA cleaving agents.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.788</style></custom4></record></records></xml>