Simple rhodium–chlorophosphine pre-catalysts for the ortho-arylation of phenols†
Robin B. Bedford,Michael Betham,Andrew J. M. Caffyn,Jonathan P. H. Charmant,Philip D. Long,Sanjiv Prashar
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 01/10/2008 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B718128K
Abstract
Simple chlorodiisopropylphosphine adducts of rhodium, either pre-formed or formed in situ, prove to be highly effective catalysts for the ortho-arylation of phenols.