Dimethyl sulfoxide/potassium hydroxide: A superbase for the transition metal-free preparation of cross-coupling products

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2892-2898

  Yuan, Yu ^a   Thomé, Isabelle ^b   Kim, Seok Hwan ^b,c   Chen, Duanteng ^a   Beyer, Astrid ^b   Bonnamour, Julien ^b   Zuidema, Erik ^b   Chang, Sukbok ^c   Bolm, Carsten ^b  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

arylation; catalysis; cross coupling; dimethyl sulfoxide potassium hydroxide (DMSO KOH); superbase; transition metal free conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649616207     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000575     Document Type: Article

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