Copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of Grignard reagents with primary-alkyl halides: Remarkable effect of 1-phenylpropyne

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2086-2089

  Terao, Jun ^a   Todo, Hirohisa ^a   Begum, Shameem Ara ^a   Kuniyasu, Hitoshi ^a   Kambe, Nobuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Copper; Cross coupling; Grignard reagents

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COPPER; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL MESYLATES; CROSS-COUPLING; GRIGNARD REAGENTS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 34250863375     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603451     Document Type: Article

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