N-heterocyclic carbene-palladium complexes [(NHC)Pd(acac)Cl]: Improved synthesis and catalytic activity in large-scale cross-coupling reactions

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 2380-2384

  Marion, Nicolas ^a,b   De Frémont, Pierre ^b   Puijk, Iris M ^a   Ecarnot, Elise C ^b,d   Amoroso, Dino ^c   Bell, Andrew ^c   Nolan, Steven P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Promerus LLC   (United States)

^d ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

ketone arylation; Cross coupling; Large scale; N aryl amination; N heterocyclic carbene; Palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948989669     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700195     Document Type: Article

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