Mizoroki-heck-type reaction mediated by potassium tert-butoxide

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4671-4674

  Shirakawa, Eiji ^a   Zhang, Xuejing ^a   Hayashi, Tamio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alkenes; aryl radicals; C C coupling; single electron transfer; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ALKENES; ARYL RADICALS; C-C COUPLING; SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSFER; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CATALYSTS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; METAL HALIDES; OLEFINS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POTASSIUM; STYRENE; TRANSITION METALS;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS;

3 IODOTOLUENE; 3-IODOTOLUENE; BUTANOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; STYRENE; TERT BUTOXIDE, POTASSIUM; TERT-BUTOXIDE, POTASSIUM; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BUTANOLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

EID: 79955645452     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201008220     Document Type: Article

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