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Synfacts 2010(5): 0532-0532  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219686
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Brett VanVeller
F. A. Arroyave, J. R. Reynolds*
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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22 April 2010 (online)

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Significance

A high-yielding decarboxylative cross-coupling of 3,4-dioxypyrrole (XDOP) with aryl bromides is reported. Because of the low stability of 2,5-dihaloXDOP, this method may provide an opportunity for yet unreported XDOP copolymers.