title: Highly regioselective palladium-catalyzed oxidative coupling of indolizines and vinylarenes via C-H bond cleavage.
abstract: A highly regioselective oxidative coupling reaction between indolizines and vinylarenes has been accomplished in the presence of palladium catalysts to give only the branched alpha-product in high efficiency. The regioselectivity is promoted significantly by bidentate nitrogen ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuzhu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yuhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang