Palladium-catalyzed C-O bond formation: direct synthesis of phenols and aryl/alkyl ethers from activated aryl halides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-476

  Chen, Guoshu ^a,b   Chan, Albert S C ^b   Kwong, Fuk Yee ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL ETHER; CARBON; HALIDE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPLEX; PALLADIUM TRI TERT BUTYLPHOSPHINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33845479686     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.11.036     Document Type: Article

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