Fig. 3: Generation and use of aryllithium compounds in air.

a, Substrate scope of aryl halides and carbon–silicon bond-forming reactions. b, Generation of phenyllithium in minutes and reactions with various electrophiles. Isolated yields are shown. Integrated 1H NMR spectroscopic yields are shown in parentheses. See Supplementary Section 2 for details. Dipp, 2,6-diisopropylphenyl; E+, electrophile.