title: Nickel-catalyzed coupling of aryl iodides with aromatic aldehydes: chemoselective synthesis of ketones.
abstract: Aryl iodides (ArI) couple with aryl aldehydes (Ar'CHO) in the presence of Ni(dppe)Br(2) and Zn to give the corresponding biaryl ketones (ArCOAr'). The use of a bidentate phosphine complex is critical to the success of this catalytic reaction. The reaction provides a new procedure for the synthesis of various functionalized biaryl ketones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300.
authors.forename: Yi-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kanak Kanti
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Chien-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng