Palladium-catalyzed carbopalladation and carbocyclization of arynes with aryl halides: A highly efficient route to functionalized triphenylenes

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 8, 2006, Pages 894-896

  Jayanth, Thiruvellore Thatai ^a   Cheng, Chien Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 32844456016     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b515846j     Document Type: Article

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