Chemical Communications

Decarboxylative homocoupling of (hetero) aromatic carboxylic acids

J Cornella, H Lahlali, I Larrosa

Index: Cornella, Josep; Lahlali, Hicham; Larrosa, Igor Chemical Communications, 2010 , vol. 46, # 43 p. 8276 - 8278

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Abstract

A variety of hetero (aromatic) carboxylic acids are shown to undergo decarboxylative homocoupling, mediated by a Pd/Ag system. This novel methodology for the synthesis of symmetrical biaryls avoids the use of haloarenes and organometallic compounds as starting materials.