On the role of metal contaminants in catalyses with FeCl3

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 5586-5587

  Buchwald, Stephen L ^a   Bolm, Carsten ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arylation; Copper; Homogeneous catalysis; Iron trichloride; Metal impurities

Indexed keywords

ARYLATION; ARYLATION REACTIONS; COPPER SALT; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL IMPURITIES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COPPER; IMPURITIES; REACTION KINETICS; SALTS;

CATALYSIS;

AMIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; METAL; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENOL;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LETTER;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; PHENOL; PHENOLS; PYRAZOLES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349783568     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902237     Document Type: Article

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