A highly efficient precatalyst for amination of aryl chlorides: synthesis, structure and application of a robust acenaphthoimidazolylidene palladium complex.
A robust palladium NHC complex was synthesized and exhibits exceptional activity and selectivity as a precatalyst in the amination of aryl chlorides and tolerates a wide range of substrates at low catalyst loadings.
Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. taotu@fudan.edu.cn
Tao
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Tu
Weiwei
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Fang
Jian
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Jiang