An efficient synthesis of diaryl ketones by iron-catalyzed arylation of aroyl cyanides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2968-2970

  Duplais, Christophe ^a   Bures, Filip ^a   Sapountzis, Ioannis ^a   Korn, Tobias J ^a   Cahiez, Gérard ^b   Knochel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Lab Synt Org Selective Chim O   (France)

Author keywords

Acyl cyanides; Homogeneous catalysis; Iron; Ketones; Organomagnesium reagents

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IRON; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

AROYL CYANIDES; ARYL MAGNESIUM;

KETONES;

CYANIDE; DIARYL KETONE; IRON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; IRON; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES;

EID: 4544250218     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200453696     Document Type: Article

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