Ruthenium complex-catalyzed direct ortho arylation and alkenylation of 2-arylpyridines with organic halides.
[reaction: see text] The ortho position of the aromatic ring of pyridyl group-substituted aromatic compounds is directly arylated or alkenylated with organic halides in the presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium(II)-phosphine complex.
Oi
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Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan. oishu@aporg.che.tohoku.ac.jp
Fukita
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Hirata
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Watanuki
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Miyano
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Inoue
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