Synfacts 2010(1): 0091-0091  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218440
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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C=C Double Bond Formation via Coupling of N-Tosylhydrazones with Benzyl Halides

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Tobias Thaler
Q. Xiao, J. Ma, Y. Yang, Y. Zhang, J. Wang*
Peking University, Beijing and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 December 2009 (online)

Significance

This palladium-catalyzed coupling between N-tosylhydrazones and benzyl halides represents an efficient and stereoselective tool for the preparation of di- and trisubstituted olefins.