Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyzed Hiyama Coupling Reaction of Benzyl Halides

Srimani, Dipankar; Bej, Ansuman; Sarkar, Amitabha

doi:10.1021/jo1003373.s001

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Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyzed Hiyama Coupling Reaction of Benzyl Halides

journal contribution

posted on 2010-06-18, 00:00 authored by Dipankar Srimani, Ansuman Bej, Amitabha Sarkar

An efficient Hiyama coupling reaction between benzylic halide and aryltrialkoxysilane using Pd nanoparticles has been developed. This procedure accommodates various functional groups to yield a diverse range of diarylmethanes which are ubiquitous units of natural products and pharmaceuticals.