Rhodium-catalysed anomalous dimerization of styrenes involving the cleavage of the ortho C-H bond.
The dimerization of styrene derivatives in the presence of a rhodium catalyst proceeds to give stilbene derivatives, in which the ortho C-H bond of styrenes is cleaved and functionalized.
Tobisu
Mamoru
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Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. tobisu@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Hyodo
Isao
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Onoe
Masahiro
M
Chatani
Naoto
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