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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Synth Catal. 2009 May 1;351(7-8):1101–1114. doi: 10.1002/adsc.200800765

Table 2.

Arylative cyclization of o-alkynyl biaryls.

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# R Substrate 12:13 Ratioa Combined yieldb, %
1 Ph 1a 58:42 90
2 p-OMe(C6H4) 1m 72:28 70
3 p-CN(C6H4) 1t 51:49 65
4 p-COMe(C6H4) 1u 53:47 60
5 n-Bu 1v 100:0 70
6 CO2Et 1w 0:100 30
a

Product ratios determined by GC/MS analysis.

b

Isolated yields.