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Fine Chemical Synthesis with Homogeneous Palladium Catalysts: Examples, Status and Trends

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During the last decade several palladium-catalyzed reactions have been developed and optimized to a stage that enables application on an industrial scale. The importance of these reactions as novel key steps for fine chemical synthesis is shown. Examples include palladium-catalyzed Heck, Suzuki and Sonogashira coupling reactions, telomerization of 1,3-butadiene with nucleophiles, and carbonylation of aromatic and benzylic halides.

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Zapf, A., Beller, M. Fine Chemical Synthesis with Homogeneous Palladium Catalysts: Examples, Status and Trends. Topics in Catalysis 19, 101–109 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013889401432

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