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A new mechanistic pathway under Sonogashira reaction protocol involving multiple acetylene insertions

  • Roderick C Jones
  • , Allan J Canty
  • , Tom Caradoc-Davies
  • , Noel W Davies
  • , Michael G Gardiner
  • , Philip Marriott
  • , Christian P G Ruhle
  • , Vicki -Anne Tolhurst

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Abstract

An unreported product outcome from an intended Sonogashira coupling is presented. The generality of this finding has been demonstrated by screening of a range of precatalysts. Mechanistic studies are consistent with the tetraaryl benzene product forming by interception of the aryl halide oxidative addition intermediate by repeated acetylene insertion.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3799 - 3801
Number of pages3
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume39
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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