Highly efficient nickel-catalyzed Heck reaction using Ni(acac)2/ N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst

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Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1624-1626

  Inamoto, Kiyofumi ^a   Kuroda, Jun Ichi ^a   Danjo, Tomohiro ^a   Sakamoto, Takao ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbene ligands; Catalysis; Heck reaction; Nickel

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; HALIDE; IODOBENZENE; NICKEL;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; HECK REACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 21544446431     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-869854     Document Type: Article

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