Abstract
An efficient method for the synthesis of alkyl indium reagents by means of an indium(iii) or lead(ii) halide-catalyzed direct insertion of indium into alkyl iodides and their applications in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with aryl halides is developed. NMR and ESI-MS analyses indicated that rather than the formation of the commonly recognized alkyl indium sesquihalide with the formulation of R 3 In 2 X 3 , the formed alkyl indium reagent in the present protocol should be a mixture of an alkyl indium dihalide (RInX 2 ) and a dialkyl indium halide (R 2 InX) (both of them presumably exist as dimers).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 313-318 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Organic Chemistry Frontiers |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 Feb 2019 |