Palladium catalyzed addition of arylboronic acid or indole to nitriles: synthesis of aryl ketones

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.11.009
• Publication Date: 2014-11-06T16:07:54Z
• Authors: Tuluma Das; Amarnath Chakraborty; Amitabha Sarkar
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

AbstractPd(OAc)2 in combination with the indolylpyridine ligand (PPY) renders possible the highly efficient coupling of arylboronic acids with a wide variety of nitriles to form aryl ketones.