Research Highlights
Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis
Abstract:
Professors Djamaladdin G. Musaev (Emory University) and Kenichiro Itami (ITbM, Nagoya University) have verified the role of the base, cesium carbonate in the nickel-catalysed C-H/C-O coupling reaction by carrying out mechanistic studies using experimental and computational approaches. This result is an outcome from the collaboration between NSF's Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CCHF) headquartered at Emory, ITbM and Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China.
Journal Information:
"Key Mechanistic Features of Ni-catalyzed C-H/C-O Biaryl Coupling of Azoles and Naphthalen-2-yl Pivalates" Huiying Xu, Kei Muto, Junichiro Yamaguchi, Cunyuan Zhao, Djamaladdin G Musaev, and Kenichiro Itami, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014)
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- EurekAlert! "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 9, 2014)
- Phys.Org "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 9, 2014)
- Science Codex "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 9, 2014)
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- Emory University eScience Commons "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 9, 2014)
- Bright Surf "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 10, 2014)
- Laboratory Equipment "Base Plays Key Role in Catalytic Reaction" (Oct 10, 2014)
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- Medical News Today "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 14, 2014)
- ResearchSEA "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 14, 2014)
- Emory News Center "Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis" (Oct 15, 2014)
- Chemists uncover new role of a key base in organic synthesis featured in technobahn, Chemistry2011 (Oct 9, 2014), Innovations Report (Oct 10, 2014)
Professor Kenichiro Itami: http://www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en_backup/members/k-itami/
Prof. Itami
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