Catalyst-controlled regioselective suzuki couplings at both positions of dihaloimidazoles, dihalooxazoles, and dihalothiazoles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1733-1739

  Strotman, Neil A ^a   Chobanian, Harry R ^a   He, Jiafang ^a   Guo, Yan ^a   Dormer, Peter G ^a   Jones, Christina M ^a   Steves, Janelle E ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLOPROPYL; HIGH SELECTIVITY; PALLADIUM CATALYST; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; REGIO-SELECTIVE; SUZUKI COUPLINGS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; PALLADIUM;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

ARYLBORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPYLBORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIHALOIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIHALOOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIHALOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; HETEROARYLBORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYLBORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; SUZUKI REACTION;

CATALYSIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; IMIDAZOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZOLES; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; THIAZOLES;

EID: 77949309795     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo100148x     Document Type: Article

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