Palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl triflates

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2753-2760

  Zhu, Yi Zhong ^a   Cai, Chun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aryl nitriles; Aryl triflates; Cyanation; Palladium; Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 49949087434     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701831498     Document Type: Article

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