"On Water" Sp3-sp2 Cross-couplings Between Benzylic and Alkenyl Halides

Overview

Journal Chem Commun (Camb)

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2011 Apr 14

PMID 21487612

Citations 9

Authors

Valeria Krasovskaya

Arkady Krasovskiy

Anish Bhattacharjya

Bruce H Lipshutz

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Abstract

Organic-solvent-free cross-couplings between benzylic and alkenyl halides have been developed. Various alkenyl halides can be efficiently benzylated by combining the precursor halides in the presence of Zn dust and a Pd catalyst at room temperature, in water as the only medium.

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