Synthesis of fluorene and indenofluorene compounds: Tandem palladium-catalyzed suzuki cross-coupling and cyclization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2909-2912

  Liu, Tao Ping ^a   Xing, Chun Hui ^a   Hu, Qiao Sheng ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

C h bond activation; Cross coupling; Fluorenes; Palladium; Tandem reaction

Indexed keywords

CH-BOND ACTIVATION; CROSS-COUPLINGS; CYCLIC COMPOUNDS; DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; FLUORENES; H-BONDS; HIGH YIELD; OLIGOFLUORENES; ONE STEP; POLYFLUORENES; SUZUKI CROSS COUPLING; TANDEM REACTION;

PALLADIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIZATION;

EID: 77950493901     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000327     Document Type: Article

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