Palladium-catalyzed formation of highly substituted naphthalenes from arene and alkyne hydrocarbons

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6697-6703

  Wu, Yao Ting ^a   Huang, Ke Hsin ^a   Shin, Chien Chueh ^a   Wu, Tsun Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkynes; C H activation; C P cleavage; Crystal engineering; Cyclization; Naphthalene; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PALLADIUM; SILVER;

ALKYNES; C - H ACTIVATION; C - P CLEAVAGE; CRYSTAL ENGINEERING; CYCLIZATION;

NAPHTHALENE;

EID: 53849118099     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800538     Document Type: Article

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