- Direct oxidative coupling of benzenes with acrylonitriles to cinnamonitriles catalyzed by Pd(OAc)(2)/HPMoV/O(2) system.
Direct oxidative coupling of benzenes with acrylonitriles to cinnamonitriles catalyzed by Pd(OAc)(2)/HPMoV/O(2) system.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2010-07-24)
Yasushi Obora, Yoshihisa Okabe, Yasutaka Ishii
PMID20652185
ABSTRACT
A facile direct synthesis of cinnamonitriles from acrylonitriles and benzenes is successfully achieved by using Pd(OAc)(2)/HPMoV/O(2) catalyst system via the direct C-H bond activation of benzenes using molecular oxygen as a terminal oxidant.
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