Palladium-catalyzed direct synthesis of carbazoles via one-pot N-arylation and oxidative biaryl coupling: Synthesis and mechanistic study

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4720-4726

  Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Oishi, Shinya ^a   Fujii, Nobutaka ^a   Ohno, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC SYSTEM; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DIARYLAMINE; DIRECT SYNTHESIS; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; N-ARYLATION; ONE POT; OXIDATIVE COUPLINGS; REACTION INTERMEDIATE; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; PALLADIUM;

MECHANICS;

ACETIC ACID; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC AMINE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DEUTERIUM; N PHENYL 2 HALOANILINE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PHENYL TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; TOLUENE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELIMINATION REACTION; HECK REACTION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE COUPLING; PALLADATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

CARBAZOLES; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 67649576709     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9003376     Document Type: Article

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