The Journal of organic chemistry

Minimizing the Amount of Nitromethane in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling with Aryl Halides

RR Walvoord, MC Kozlowski

Index: Walvoord, Ryan R.; Kozlowski, Marisa C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 78, # 17 p. 8859 - 8864

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

A method for the formation of arylnitromethanes is described that employs readily available aryl halides or triflates and small amounts of nitromethane in a dioxane solvent, thereby reducing the hazards associated with this reagent. Specifically, 2–10 equiv (1–5% v/v) of nitromethane can be employed in comparison to prior work that used nitromethane as solvent (185 equiv). The present transformation provides high yields at relatively low ...