Synthesis of Functionalized Carbon-Sulfur [5]Helicene: Pd-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling between the β-Positions of Thiophenes

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-181

  Miyasaka, Makoto ^a   Rajca, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylthiophene; Cross coupling; Helical structures; Helicene; Oligothiophene

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; PALLADIUM; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0346970750     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43335     Document Type: Article

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