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Org Biomol Chem
; 19(38): 8250-8253, 2021 Oct 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34518849
ABSTRACT
An atom economical protocol for the construction of 9-(diorganomethylidene)fluorenes through palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of 2-iodobiphenyls with alkenyl bromides has been reported. The reaction proceeds through the C-H activation/oxidative addition/reduction elimination/intramolecular Heck coupling reaction to afford a series of 9-(diorganomethylidene)fluorenes with good yields. Control experiments demonstrate that a five-membered palladacycle acts as a key intermediate and ß-H elimination serves as the rate-limiting step.