Sterically Hindered Benzophenones via Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylation of Aldehydes

…, A Roesch, JP Genet, S Darses

Index: Mora, Guilhem; Darses, Sylvain; Genet, Jean-Pierre Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2007 , vol. 349, # 7 p. 1180 - 1184

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Abstract

Efficient cross-coupling, allowing a straightforward access to congested benzophenones, between aromatic aldehydes and potassium aryltrifluoroborates, is described in the presence of a rhodium/tri-tert-butylphosphane catalyst system and acetone as cosolvent.