Base-free oxidative homocoupling of arylboronic esters

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1541-1544

  Yoshida, Hiroto ^a   Yamaryo, Yasuhito ^a   Ohshita, Joji ^a   Kunai, Atsutaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biaryls; Boron; Homocoupling; Oxygen; Palladium

Indexed keywords

1,3 BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)PROPANE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM COMPLEX; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BASE FREE OXIDATIVE HOMOCOUPLING REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION;

EID: 0037450443     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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