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Synfacts 2010(9): 1051-1051  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257897
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aryl Grignard Reagents to Phenolate Salts

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andreas J. Wagner
D.-G. Yu, B.-J. Li, S.-F. Zheng, B.-T. Guan, B.-Q. Wang, Z.-J. Shi*
Peking University, Beijing, State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai and Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, P. R. of China
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23 August 2010 (online)

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Significance

The first successful cross-coupling of 2-naphthol metal salts with various aryl Grignard reagents has been demonstrated. The process is atom-economical and gives a convenient access to various naphthalene derivatives.