Further Information
Literature
Related Reactions
Fukuyama Reduction
Negishi Coupling
Fukuyama Coupling
The palladium-catalyzed coupling of organozinc compounds with thioesters to form ketones. This reaction tolerates a variety of functional groups due to the low reactivity of the organozinc reagents.
Mechanism of the Fukuyama Coupling
Oxidative addition of the thioester is followed by transmetalation from the zinc compound. Reductive elimination leads to the coupled product.
Recent Literature
Facile Palladium-Mediated Conversion of Ethanethiol Esters to Aldehydes and
Ketones
H. Tokuyama, S. Yokoshima, T. Yamashita, S.-C. Lin,
L. Li, T. Fukuyama, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 1998, 9, 381-387.
