Recent progress towards transition-metal-catalyzed direct arylation of heteroarenes

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-117

  Su, Ye Xiang ^a   Sun, Li Ping ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

And transition metals; Aryl (pseudo)halides; C h activation functionalization; Direct arylation; Heteroarenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455218297     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157019312799079884     Document Type: Article

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