Intramolecular arylations of soft enolates catalyzed by zerovalent palladium

MA Ciufolini, HB Qi, ME Browne

Index: Ciufolini, Marco A.; Qi, Hong-Bo; Browne, Margaret E. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1988 , vol. 53, # 17 p. 4149 - 4151

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Abstract

Summary: A new method of ring formation involving palladium-catalyzed displacement of halide from aromatic substrates by stabilized enolates is described. The new reaction permits creation of benzo-fused, five-or sixmembered rings, in the homocyclic or in the heterocyclic mode.