A General Method for the Direct α-Arylation of Nitriles with Aryl Chlorides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 41, 2003, Pages 5051-5053

  You, Jingsong ^a   Verkade, John G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylation; Homogeneous catalysis; Nitriles; P ligands; Palladium

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ELECTRONS; PALLADIUM;

ARYLATION; ELECTRON-RICH LIGANDS;

NITRILE RESINS;

ACETONE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CHLORIDE; DIBENZYLIDENEACETONE; NITRILE; PALLADIUM COMPLEX; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PROAZAPHOSPHATRANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0242291910     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351954     Document Type: Article

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