Synthesis of o-Dialkenylbenzenes and Indenes Using Heck and Oxypalladation Reactions

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 671-678

  Bräse, Stefan ^a,b   Rümper, Jörg ^a   Voigt, Katharina ^a   Albecq, Stephane ^a,b   Thurau, Gert ^a,b   Villard, Renaud ^a,b   Waegell, Bernard ^b   De Meijere, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Arenes, dialkenyl N; Cross coupling, Heck; Indanes; Palladium catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142711913     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199804)1998:4<671::AID-EJOC671>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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