The First Applications of Carbene Ligands in Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles: Sonogashira Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides and Iodides
Matthias Eckhardt and Gregory C. Fu*
*Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, Email: gcfmit.edu
M. Eckhardt, G. C. Fu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 13642-13643.
DOI: 10.1021/ja038177r
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Abstract
A Pd/N-heterocyclic carbene-based catalyst achieves the Sonogashira coupling of an array of functionalized, β-hydrogen-containing alkyl bromides and iodides under mild conditions.
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ID: J48-Y2003-1670