Synlett · 2008 · 40 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesChemistryOrganic ChemistryChemical BondingCross-coupling ReactionsRetrosynthetic AnalysisSonogashira Coupling
The palladium/copper-cocatalyzed sila-Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions of activated aryl chlorides with alkynylsilanes under strictly nonbasic conditions yield the unsymmetrical diarylethynes in moderate to good yields.