Chemical Communications Pub Date : 08/18/2011 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C1CC13771A
Abstract
A cobalt-catalyzed addition of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids to aldehydes and phthalaldehyde to give the corresponding biarylketones and 3-aryl phthalides in good to excellent yields in one pot is described.
