Fluorescent naphthyl- and anthrylazoles from the catalytic coupling of phenylazoles with internal alkynes through the cleavage of multiple C-H bonds

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4019-4022

  Umeda, Nobuyoshi ^a   Tsurugi, Hayato ^a   Satoh, Tetsuya ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C C coupling; C H activation; Fluorescent solids; Homogeneous catalysis; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; DERIVATIVES; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; RHODIUM;

C-C COUPLING; C-H ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENT SOLIDS; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS;

ACETYLENE;

ALKYNE; COPPER; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRAZOLES; RHODIUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 47049108951     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800924     Document Type: Article

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