Fig. 7: Late-stage diversification of bioactive compounds and pharmaceutical molecules.

a Late-stage functionalization of bioactive and drug molecules. a16 h. b12 h. c36 h. dAlcohol (0.3 mmol, 1.5 eq.). eUsing elaborate phenol (estrone) as coupling partner. f72 h. gAlcohol (0.6 mmol, 3.0 eq.). h60 h. Isolated yields are given. b Gram-scale synthesis. See Fig. 6 and Supplementary Information for detailed reaction conditions and procedures.