Copper-free Sonogashira coupling of cyclopropyl iodides with terminal alkynes

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 956-959

  De Carné Carnavalet, Benoît ^a   Archambeau, Alexis ^a   Meyer, Christophe ^a   Cossy, Janin ^a   Folléas, Benoît ^b   Brayer, Jean Louis ^b   Demoute, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Diverchim les Marches de l'Oise   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; COPPER; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; IODINATED HYDROCARBON; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; COPPER; CYCLOPROPANES; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM;

EID: 79952151268     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1029996     Document Type: Article

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