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Microwave-assisted copper-catalyzed Heck reaction in PEG solvent

V Declerck, J Martinez, F Lamaty

Index: Declerck, Valerie; Martinez, Jean; Lamaty, Frederic Synlett, 2006 , # 18 p. 3029 - 3032

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Citation Number: 26

Abstract

Abstract A catalytic system made of a copper salt, potassium carbonate and PEG 3400 was developed to perform a Heck arylation under microwave activation. Copper iodide gave the best results in a short reaction time (30 min) and various substituted tert-butyl cinnamates could be synthesized. Better results were usually obtained after recycling the catalyst/solvent system.