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Synfacts 2008(5): 0522-0522
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072521
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072521
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
C-C Bond-Formation Catalyzed by Nickel on Graphite
B. H. Lipshutz*, T. Butler, E. Swift
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Publication History
Publication Date:
23 April 2008 (online)
Significance
This is an elegant pioneering approach to the preparation of a novel type of heterogeneous catalysts: transition metals in a graphite matrix. Graphite has several advantages over commonly used charcoal as a catalyst carrier. Besides, the well-ordered graphite structure leads to interesting chemoselectivities in catalysis. Several types of cross-coupling reactions, including less-active tosylates as electrophiles, were successfully performed using this new kind of catalyst.