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  • Regioselective palladium-catalyzed arylation of 3-carboalkoxy furan and thiophene.

Regioselective palladium-catalyzed arylation of 3-carboalkoxy furan and thiophene.

Organic letters (2003-01-31)
Bobby Glover, Kimberly A Harvey, Bing Liu, Matthew J Sharp, Maria F Tymoschenko
ABSTRACT

[reaction: see text] The regioselective palladium(0)-catalyzed arylation of 3-furoate and 3-thiophenecarboxylate esters with aryl bromides is described. Conditions were developed that allow for the selective synthesis of either 2-aryl or 5-aryl products.

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Sigma-Aldrich
Ethyl 3-furoate, 98%