“…The Friedel–Crafts method has been realized with AlCl 3 , FeCl 3 , bismuth reagents, gold complexes, and graphene oxide (Scheme , eq 1) . In addition, Brønsted acids, including acidic resins and zeolites, are capable of achieving the hydroarylation of olefins. Major drawbacks of these procedures include high temperatures, ,− , polyalkylation, stoichiometric amounts of Lewis acid, and requirement of the arene in excess (commonly as solvent). − , A room temperature hydroarylation was achieved by Niggemann and co-workers using Ca(NTf 2 ) 2 with Bu 4 NPF 6 ; however, this reagent combination is expensive and also requires excess arene.…”