Ethylaluminum as an ethylene source for the Mizoroki–Heck-type reaction. Rhodium-catalyzed preparation of stilbene derivatives?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2014-12-15 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09306B

Abstract

Treatment of an organoaluminum reagent bearing aryl and ethyl groups furnishes 1,2-diarylethene derivatives in good to excellent yields by the catalysis of a rhodium complex, in which the ethyl group of the aluminum reagent serves as an ethylene source in the product formation.

Graphical abstract: Ethylaluminum as an ethylene source for the Mizoroki–Heck-type reaction. Rhodium-catalyzed preparation of stilbene derivatives
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