Three-component dehydrogenative coupling reactions represent important and practical methodologies for forging new C–N bonds and C–C bonds but achieving all-in-one dehydrogenative coupling functionalization by a single catalytic system remains a great challenge. Here, the authors develop a rigid flexible-coupled copper using a tridentate N-heterocyclic carbene ligand to achieve dehydrogenative coupling using a single catalyst system.
- Teng Jia
- Yi-Xin Li
- Shuang-Quan Zang