Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with nitroethane via combination of decarboxylation and dehydrogenation.
An unexpected coupling reaction of arene carboxylic acid with nitroethane via a combination of decarboxylation and dehydrogenation is described. The method provides exclusively (E)-beta-nitrostyrenes.
Zhang
Min
M
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
Zhou
Jun
J
Kan
Jian
J
Wang
Min
M
Su
Weiping
W
Hong
Maochun
M