title: Salicylic acids as readily available starting materials for the synthesis of meta-substituted biaryls.
abstract: Salicylic acids are shown to be readily available and versatile starting materials that easily undergo a tandem arylation-protodecarboxylation process under Pd-catalysis. The corresponding meta-arylphenols can subsequently be easily transformed into a variety of meta-functionalized biaryls, highlighting the versatility of this approach to access this structural motif.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
authors.forename: Junfei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Preciado
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Larrosa