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Esters are effective co-catalysts in copper-catalyzed methanolysis of aryl bromides

P Capdevielle, M Maumy

Index: Capdevielle, Patrice; Maumy, Michel Tetrahedron Letters, 1993 , vol. 34, # 6 p. 1007 - 1010

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Abstract

Abstract Rate of copper (I)-catalyzed substitution of aryl bromides into methyl-aryl ethers by methoxide ion is greatly enhanced in presence of esters. Soluble copper (I) complexes 2, arising from tetrahedral adducts 1 of methoxide onto esters, are likely responsible for this improvement.