Fluorenone synthesis by palladacycle-catalyzed sequential reactions of 2-bromobenzaldehydes with arylboronic acids

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2452-2455

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BENZALDEHYDES; BORONIC ACIDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; FLUORENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM;

EID: 79955641668     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol200693d     Document Type: Article

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