The development of versatile methods for palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of aryl electrophiles through the use of P(t-Bu)3 and PCy3 as ligands

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1555-1564

  Fu, Gregory C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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CHLORIDE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; LIGAND; PALLADIUM;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; CHLORIDES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELECTRONS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM;

EID: 57549117034     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar800148f     Document Type: Review

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