Highly-chemoselective step-down reduction of carboxylic acids to aromatic hydrocarbons via palladium catalysis

• DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00892f
• Publication Date: 2019-04-29T22:26:50Z
• Authors: Chengwei Liu; Zhi-Xin Qin; Chong-Lei Ji; Xin Hong; Michal Szostak
• Keywords: Chemistry; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Herein, we describe a highly selective method for the direct decarbonylative step-down reduction of carboxylic acids to arenes, proceeding <italic>via</italic> well defined Pd(0)/(II) catalytic cycle.