Synthesis 2008(17): 2680-2682  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1067213
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A Novel Pd/Ag-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling Reaction of Terminal Alkynes with Hypervalent Iodonium Salts

Min Zhu*, Zhongshi Zhou, Rui Chen
College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Zhejiang, P. R. of China
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Received 13 March 2008
Publication Date:
06 August 2008 (online)

Abstract

A novel and fast Sonogashira coupling reaction of terminal alkynes with hypervalent iodonium salts was achieved in the presence of catalytic amount of palladium chloride and silver(I) iodide­, providing a convenient method for the synthesis of aryl­alkynes in good yields in a short time.