title: Palladium-catalyzed distannylation of ortho-quinodimethanes.
abstract: An exo-diene moiety of various ortho-quinodimethanes, regardless of its transient character, was inserted into a Sn-Sn sigma-bond of hexabutyldistannane in the presence of a palladium catalyst, giving alpha,alpha'-bis(tributylstannyl)-o-xylenes straightforwardly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. yhiroto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaryo
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohshita
authors.forename: Atsutaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kunai