Abstract
High-yield reductive homocoupling of benzotrichloride and benzal chloride followed by consecutive reductive dechlorination to 1,2-dichlorostilbene and stilbene is effected in the presence of sodium formate as the reducing agent and Pd/C catalysts.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2715-2722 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Synthetic Communications |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Base
- Benzylic halides
- Homocoupling
- Pd/C
- Reducing salts