Mechanism of palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling between cyanoacetate salts and aryl halides

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2057-2062

  Jiang, Yuan Ye ^a,b   Fu, Yao ^a,b   Liu, Lei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic; Decarboxylation; Density functional theory; Mechanism; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ARYL HALIDES; ARYL NITRILE; BROMOBENZENE; CARBON ATOMS; CATALYTIC; CATALYTIC CYCLES; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DECARBOXYLATION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY PROFILE; HIGH ENERGY; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED; RATE DETERMINING STEP; TRANSITION STATE; TRANSMETALLATION; TRIFLATES; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

CATALYSIS; CYANIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY BARRIERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANISMS; METAL HALIDES; PALLADIUM; SALTS;

CARBOXYLATION;

EID: 84869080914     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-012-4672-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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