Carbocycle synthesis through facile and efficient palladium-catalyzed allylative de-aromatization of naphthalene and phenanthrene allyl chlorides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4366-4369

  Lu, Shirong ^a   Xu, Zhanwei ^a   Bao, Ming ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshinori ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

De aromatization; Naphthalenes; Palladium; Phenanthrenes; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; PALLADIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DE-AROMATIZATION; NAPHTHALENES; PHENANTHRENES; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

NAPHTHALENE;

ALLYL CHLORIDE; ALLYL COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS, CYCLIC; METHODS; NAPHTHALENES; PALLADIUM; PHENANTHRENES;

EID: 46749133151     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800529     Document Type: Article

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