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Palladium-Catalyzed Perarylation of 3-Thiophene-and 3-Furancarboxylic Acids Accompanied by C− H Bond Cleavage and Decarboxylation

M Nakano, H Tsurugi, T Satoh, M Miura

Index: Nakano, Masaya; Tsurugi, Hayato; Satoh, Tetsuya; Miura, Masahiro Organic Letters, 2008 , vol. 10, # 9 p. 1851 - 1854

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Abstract

3-Thiophene-and 3-furancarboxylic acids efficiently undergo perarylation accompanied by cleavage of the three C− H bonds and decarboxylation upon treatment with excess aryl bromides in the presence of a palladium catalyst to give the corresponding tetraarylated products in good yields.