Mercury in organic chemistry. 25. Rhodium (I)-catalyzed alkenylation of arylmercurials

RC Larock, K Narayanan…

Index: Larock, R. C.; Narayanan, K.; Hershberger, S. S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 48, # 23 p. 4377 - 4380

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Abstract

2RHgX RR+ HgXz+ Hg (3) improve the catalytic cross-coupling reaction, we reasoned that we must employ organomercurials which neither contain a &hydrogen (in order to avoid P- hydride elimination) nor undergo facile rhodium-catalyzed dimerization. Since arylmercurials are dimerized by rhodium catalysts much less readily than vinyl mercurial^^ and contain no &hydrogens which can be readily eliminate, they appeared to be the ...