Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Heck arylation of acrolein acetals using the 9-bromoanthracene: A case of study

K Pan, S Noël, C Pinel, L Djakovitch

Index: Pan, Ke; Noel, Sebastien; Pinel, Catherine; Djakovitch, Laurent Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 693, # 17 p. 2863 - 2868

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Abstract

The influence of several parameters on the selectivity of the palladium catalysed Heck coupling of 9-bromoanthracene with acrolein acetals was studied. While the ester is the quasi exclusive product when only a base (ie NaOAc, K2CO3, etc.) is added in the medium, the presence of halide abstracting agent such as thallium or silver salts decreases noticeably the selectivity towards the ester. On the other hand, the addition of n-Bu4NOAc ...