title: Sequential homobimetallic catalysis: an unprecedented tandem Pd(0)-catalysed deprotection - Pd(II)-catalysed heterocyclisation reaction leading to benzofurans.
abstract: We report here the first example of "sequential homobimetallic catalysis": a transition metal catalyst with the metal in a certain oxidation state catalyses the deprotection of a functional group, which in situ undergoes a subsequent transformation catalysed by another complex of the same metal but in a different oxidation state.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita della Calabria, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy. b.gabriele@unical.it
authors.forename: Bartolo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gabriele
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Veltri