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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Oct 17;130(45):14936–14937. doi: 10.1021/ja8062925

Table 1.

Initial ligand screen for reductive carboxylation

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entry R additive yield (%)
1 CO2Me (a) none <5
2 CO2Me (a) bipy NR
3 CO2Me (a) DBU 88
4 CO2Me (a) pyridine 90
5 CO2Me (a) PPh3 NR
6 H (b) DBU NR
7 H (b) KHMDS 35
8 H (b) Cs2CO3 56