Synthesis 2012(3): 446-452  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289664
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Heck Arylation of Styrenes Promoted by an Air-Stable Phosphinito Complex with Palladium(II); Synthesis of Resveratrol

José Antonio Morales-Serna, Armando Zúñiga-Martínez, Manuel Salmón, Rubén Gaviño, Jorge Cárdenas*
Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México, D.F., México
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Publication History

Received 12 September 2011
Publication Date:
03 January 2012 (online)

Abstract

An air-stable phosphinito complex of palladium(II) was found to be an efficient catalyst in the Heck reaction of a variety of aryl halides and styrenes. Resveratrol was concisely synthesized in 63% overall yield; the reactions were performed under conventional and microwave heating.