Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative arylation of potassium cyanoacetate: Synthesis of α-diaryl nitriles from aryl halides

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2912-2915

  Yeung, Pui Yee ^a   Chung, Kin Ho ^a   Kwong, Fuk Yee ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; LIGAND; NITRILE; PALLADIUM; POTASSIUM;

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

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PALLADIUM; POTASSIUM;

EID: 79957843865     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol2009522     Document Type: Article

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