Rhodium(III) and hexabromobenzene - A catalyst system for the cross-dehydrogenative coupling of simple arenes and heterocycles with arenes bearing directing groups

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 13001-13005

  Wencel Delord, Joanna ^a   Nimphius, Corinna ^a   Wang, Honggen ^a   Glorius, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biaryls; C C coupling; C H activation; Cross coupling; Dehydrogenation

Indexed keywords

ARYL HALIDES; ARYLATION REACTIONS; BENZAMIDES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIARYLS; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES; C-C COUPLING; C-H ACTIVATION; CATALYST SYSTEM; CROSS COUPLING REACTIONS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HALOARENES; HALOGENATED SPECIES; HETEROCYCLES; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PALLADIUM CATALYST; REGIO-SELECTIVE;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BENZENE; CATALYSTS; DEHYDROGENATION; HALOGENATION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SCAFFOLDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZENE; CARBON; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HYDROGEN; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

ALKENES; BENZAMIDES; BROMOBENZENES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; RHODIUM;

EID: 84871953000     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205734     Document Type: Article

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