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  • Significant enhancement of the Stille reaction with a new combination of reagents-copper(I) iodide with cesium fluoride.

Significant enhancement of the Stille reaction with a new combination of reagents-copper(I) iodide with cesium fluoride.

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2005-03-24)
Simon P H Mee, Victor Lee, Jack E Baldwin
ABSTRACT

The combination of copper(I) iodide and cesium fluoride significantly enhances the Stille reaction. After extensive optimisation, a variety of electronically unfavourable and sterically hindered substrates were coupled in very high yields under mild conditions.

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Copper(I) iodide, 98%