Catalytic homocoupling of aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl halides with Ni(II)-complexes and zirconocene dichloride

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2172-2175

  Peng, Jianbiao ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Kishi, Yoshito ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; ALKYNYL GROUP; HALIDE; NICKEL COMPLEX; ZIRCONOCENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION;

EID: 79953221425     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.11.124     Document Type: Article

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