A user-friendly, all-purpose Pd-NHC (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) precatalyst for the Negishi reaction: A step towards a universal cross-coupling catalyst

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4749-4755

  Organ, Michael G ^a   Avola, Stephanie ^a   Dubovyk, Igor ^a   Hadei, Niloufar ^a   Kantchev, Eric Assen B ^a   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a   Valente, Gory ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Biaryls; C C coupling; Heterocycles; Palladium

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIARYLS; C-C COUPLING; HETEROAROMATICS; HETEROCYCLES;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 33745453356     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200600206     Document Type: Article

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