An efficient and general iron-catalyzed arylation of benzyl alcohols and benzyl carboxylates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3913-3917

  Iovel, Irina ^a   Mertins, Kristin ^a   Kischel, Jette ^a   Zapf, Alexander ^a   Beller, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arylation; Benzylation; Friedel Crafts reaction; Homogeneous catalysis; Iron

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CATALYSIS; IRON; SALTS; WATER;

ARYLATION; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; HETEROARENES;

ALCOHOLS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; IRON;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; IRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 21244489719     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462522     Document Type: Article

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