Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of styrenyl epoxides with boronic acids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 6056-6059

  Nielsen, Daniel K ^a   Doyle, Abigail G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross coupling; epoxides; multicatalytic reactions; nickel; Suzuki Miyaura reaction

Indexed keywords

BOND ACTIVATION; BORONIC ACID; C-C BOND FORMATION; COMPLEX SUPPORT; CROSS-COUPLINGS; EPOXIDES; MULTICATALYTIC REACTIONS; REACTION EFFICIENCY; SUZUKI-MIYAURA REACTION;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

REDOX REACTIONS;

BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

BORONIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; STYRENES;

EID: 79959512154     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101191     Document Type: Article

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