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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Aug 27;(1):20–33. doi: 10.1039/b809676g

Table 3.

Yields (%) in vinylation reactions of aryl electrophiles with 8

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Activator
Entry X R t-BuOK KOH Ag2O
1 I H 62 73 51
2 I 4-Me 75 68 83
3 I 4-MeO 95 66 90
4 I 4-CF3 87 75 76
5 I a 65 74 96
6 Br H 56 36 0
7 Br 4-Me 52 35 0
8 Br 4-MeO 65 28 0
9 Br 4-CF3 71 50 11
10 Br b 41 31 39
11 Cl H 0 0 0
a

1-Iodonaphthalene.

b

1-Bromonaphthalene.