- Palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reaction of benzyl bromides with diazoesters for stereoselective synthesis of (E)-alpha,beta-diarylacrylates.
Palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reaction of benzyl bromides with diazoesters for stereoselective synthesis of (E)-alpha,beta-diarylacrylates.
Organic letters (2008-12-23)
Wing-Yiu Yu, Yuk-Tai Tsoi, Zhongyuan Zhou, Albert S C Chan
PMID19099492
ABSTRACT
A Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of benzyl bromides with alpha-aryldiazoesters is described, and E-alpha,beta-diarylacrylates were obtained in good yields and excellent E-to-Z selectivity (>20:1).
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