. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Mar 1;128(8):2540–2541. doi: 10.1021/ja057163d

Table 1.

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Entry	Phosphine	Yield (time)
1	PPh₃	100% (<1 h)
2	PMePh₂	95% (<1 h)
3	dppf	80% (2 h)
4	dppb	73% (26 h)^a
5	PPh₃	92% (1 h)
6	PPh₃	96% (>1 h)
7	PPh₃	88% (> 1 h)
8	PPh₃	R=OTBS, 95% (2 h)
9	PPh₃	R=OH, 82% (2 h)
10	PPh₃	71% (3 h)^b
11	PPh₃	53% (2.5 h)
12	rac-2	97% (4 h)

95% brsm.

Volatile material. Actual yield may be higher.