Synthesis of poly-nitrile aromatics via palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl bromides with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1042-1051

  Becker, Martin ^a   Schulz, Axel ^a   Voss, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aryl bromide; Catalysis; Cyanation; Palladium catalyzed; Potassium hexacyanoferrate( II)

Indexed keywords

1,3 DICYANOMESITYLENE; 1,3,5 TRICYANOBENZENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BROMIDE; CYANIDE; FERROCENE; IRON; PALLADIUM ACETATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYANATION;

EID: 79952549255     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911003710588     Document Type: Article

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