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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Nov 8;129(48):14860–14861. doi: 10.1021/ja077070r

Table 3.

Decarboxylative Coupling of Di-Nitrophenyl Acetic Estersa

Entry Substrate Product % Yield 2 (dr)
1 graphic file with name nihms114076t18.jpg graphic file with name nihms114076t19.jpg 95 (1.2:1)
2 graphic file with name nihms114076t20.jpg graphic file with name nihms114076t21.jpg 26b
3 graphic file with name nihms114076t22.jpg graphic file with name nihms114076t23.jpg 84 (1.4:1)
4 graphic file with name nihms114076t24.jpg graphic file with name nihms114076t25.jpg 91
5 graphic file with name nihms114076t26.jpg graphic file with name nihms114076t27.jpg 88
a

0.3 mmol substrate, 0.015 mol Pd(PPh3)4, toluene, rt, 1–3 h.

b

linear : branched ratio = 1.5:1