Palladium-catalyzed direct benzylation of azoles with benzyl carbonates

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1360-1363

  Mukai, Tomoya ^a   Hirano, Kóji ^a   Satoh, Tetsuya ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PALLADIUM; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZOLES; CARBONATES; CATALYSIS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77949833520     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/0l1002576     Document Type: Article

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