The design and synthesis of bis(thiourea) ligands and their application in Pd-catalyzed heck and suzuki reactions under aerobic conditions

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1177-1184

  Chen, Wei ^a   Li, Rui ^b   Han, Bo ^a   Li, Bang Jing ^b   Chen, Ying Chun ^a   Wu, Yong ^a   Ding, Li Sheng ^b   Yang, Dan ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross coupling; Homogeneous catalysis; Palladium; S ligands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644748180     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500644     Document Type: Article

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