CuI/PPh3/PEG-Water: An efficient catalytic system for cross-coupling reaction of aryl iodides and alkynes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3123-3133

  Chen, Gong ^a   Xie, Jianwei ^a   Weng, Jiang ^a   Zhu, Xinhai ^a   Zheng, Zhanchao ^a   Cai, Jiwen ^a   Wan, Yiqian ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkynation; aqueous chemistry; copper; coupling; microwave assisted chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL; OIL; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE COOKING; SONOGASHIRA REACTION;

EID: 79960632547     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.517363     Document Type: Article

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