Palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of 4-chromanones: Selective synthesis of racemic isoflavanones and 3,3-diaryl-4-chromanones

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1339-1344

  Bellina, Fabio ^a   Masini, Tiziana ^a   Rossi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C C coupling; Chromanones; Direct arylation; Isoflavanones; Palladium; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149122724     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200901356     Document Type: Article

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