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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
Site-selective sp2 and benzylic sp3 palladium-catalyzed direct arylation
Louis-Charles Campeau1, Derek J Schipper, Keith Fagnou
1Center for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, Department of Chemistry, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5.
No abstract available in PubMed .
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