title: Exploration of ionic liquids as soluble supports for organic synthesis. Demonstration with a Suzuki coupling reaction.
abstract: The efficiency of ionic liquid supported synthesis was demonstrated by the Suzuki reaction of ionic liquid supported iodobenzoate compounds with arylboronic acids in aqueous media to give, after cleavage with ammonia/methanol, biaryl products in good yields and high purities, without the need for chromatographic purification. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6.
authors.forename: Weishi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Tak Hang
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chan