Decarboxylative Heck Reaction of Aryl Iodide with Baylis-Hillman Adduct Using Pd/C as a Catalyst in Aqueous Media

HS Kim, SJ Lee, CM Yoon

Index: Kim, Hyun-Soo; Lee, Sang-Jin; Yoon, Cheol Min Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 34, # 1 p. 325 - 327

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Abstract

Alkyl aryl ketones are of much importance as useful intermediates in a variety of fields, such as the pharmaceutical, fragrance, dye and agrochemical industries. 1 These compounds are synthesized traditionally by Friedel-Crafts acylation, which needs dangerous reagents and fails with electron-deficient arenes. 2 In recent years, alternative methods have been developed, using transition metal catalysts and allowing easy-to-handle substrates. Other ...