Substituted benzocarbocycles by palladium-catalyzed cascade reactions featuring a C(sp3) - H activation step

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2054-2060

  Hitce, Julien ^a   Baudoin, Olivier ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Benzocarbocycles; C H activation; Cascade reactions; Heck reaction; Hydroge; Palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548420074     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700099     Document Type: Article

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