Organic letters

Activation of Carbon-Oxygen Bonds by Palladium: Toward a Mild, Catalytic Approach to α-Amino Acid Derivatives

Y Lu, BA Arndtsen

Index: Lu, Yingdong; Arndtsen, Bruce A. Organic Letters, 2007 , vol. 9, # 21 p. 4395 - 4397

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Abstract

A Lewis acid mediated method to induce the carbon-oxygen bond of amide-substituted ethers to undergo addition to palladium is described. The product of this reaction has been crystallographically characterized. This reaction suggests the potential use of such ethers as