A simple and practical copper-catalyzed approach to substituted phenols from aryl halides by using water as the solvent

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2366-2370

  Yang, Daoshan ^a   Fu, Hua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aryl halides; Copper; Hydroxylation; Phenols; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ARYL HALIDES; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; SUBSTITUTED PHENOL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

COPPER; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROXYLATION; METAL HALIDES;

PHENOLS;

COPPER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 77049110378     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200903468     Document Type: Article

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