C.B. is grateful to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for the financial support and thanks Prof. Dr. R. Dronskowski and L. Stork (Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University) for substrate analyses by atom absorption spectroscopy. S.L.B. acknowledges the National Institutes of Health (GM46059 and 58160). We also thank Dr. A. Klapars and Prof. Dr. J. Antilla for insightful comments. Further, we are indebted to B. Fors and Dr. R. Martin for experimental results and Prof. Dr. A. Fürstner (MPI, Mülheim (Germany)) and Prof. Dr. M. Beller (LIKAT, Rostock (Germany)) for performing control experiments.
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On the Role of Metal Contaminants in Catalyses with FeCl3†
Article first published online: 24 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902237
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Buchwald, Stephen L. and Bolm, C. (2009), On the Role of Metal Contaminants in Catalyses with FeCl3. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 5586–5587. doi: 10.1002/anie.200902237
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 15 JUL 2009
- Article first published online: 24 JUN 2009
- Manuscript Received: 27 APR 2009
Funded by
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: GM46059, 58160
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Keywords:
- arylation;
- copper;
- homogeneous catalysis;
- iron trichloride;
- metal impurities
Warning: Catalyzed N-, O-, and C-arylation reactions ascribed to FeCl3 can instead result from catalysis by trace quantities of copper salts.