A New Palladium-Catalyzed Phenyl-Alkene Bond Formation.docVIP

Molecules 2002, 7, 433-436 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 A New Palladium-Catalyzed Phenyl-Alkene Bond Formation Brad Schmor and René Roy* Department of Chemistry, Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5 Tel. 1-(613)-562-5800, Fax 1-(613)-562-5170 * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: rroy@science.uottawa.ca Received: 27 March 2002; in revised form 9 May 2002 / Accepted 10 May 2002 / Published: 31 May 2002 Abstract: A new method of palladium-catalyzed phenyl-alkene bond formation is reported. This reaction involves tr