The Use of Catalytic Amounts of CuCl and Other Improvements in the Benzyne Route to Biphenyl-Based Phosphine Ligands

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 343, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 789-794

  Kaye, Steven ^a   Fox, Joseph M ^a,c   Hicks, Frederick A ^b   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Rhodia ChiRex Boston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper catalyzed P C bond formation; Improved synthesis; Palladium catalysis; Phosphine ligands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011720666     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1615-4169(20011231)343:8<789::AID-ADSC789>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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