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Palladium-Catalyzed Selective Heck-Type Diarylation of Allylic Esters with Aryl Halides Involving a β-OAc Elimination Process

Y Liu, B Yao, CL Deng, RY Tang, XG Zhang…

Index: Liu, Yan; Yao, Bo; Deng, Chen-Liang; Tang, Ri-Yuan; Zhang, Xing-Guo; Li, Jin-Heng Organic Letters, 2011 , vol. 13, # 5 p. 1126 - 1129

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Abstract

Palladium-catalyzed selective Heck-type diarylation of allylic esters with aryl halides has been developed. Allylic esters are reacted with aryl iodides to provide the corresponding 1, 3-diaryl propenes through a β-OAc elimination process. It is noteworthy that the methodology can be applied in constructing the indole and benzofuran skeletons.