Metal-free oxidative cross-coupling of unfunctionalized aromatic compounds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1668-1669

  Kita, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Morimoto, Koji ^a   Ito, Motoki ^a   Ogawa, Chieko ^a   Goto, Akihiro ^a   Dohi, Toshifumi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE;

BIARYL SYNTHESIS; CROSS-COUPLING; HYPERVALENT IODINE; IN-SITU; KEY ELEMENTS; METAL CATALYST; NEW STRATEGY; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIPHENYL ETHER; HALIDE; HOMODIMER; METAL; NUCLEOPHILE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CATION; IODINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; IODINE; NAPHTHALENES; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRROLES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 67849129077     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja808940n     Document Type: Article

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