Practical Heck-Mizoroki coupling protocol for challenging substrates mediated by an N-heterocyclic carbene-ligated palladacycle

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3949-3952

  Kantchev, Eric Assen B ^a   Peh, Guang Rong ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Ying, Jackie Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM;

EID: 55949121369     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8012809     Document Type: Article

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