NOVEL DECARBOXYLATIVE REACTION OF THE SUBSTITUTED CINNAMYL CINNAMATES (STYRACINS) MEDIATED BY TRANSITION METALS

5 June 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters

Vol. 6 (6) , 659-662
https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1977.659

Abstract

When the substituted cinnamyl cinnamates (I, styracins), which have hydroxyl groups in the phenyl rings, were treated with platinum and palladium catalysts, 1,5-diaryl-1,4-pentadienes (II) were obtained in variable yields up to 34% with other products.

Keywords

DECARBOXYLATIVE REACTION
CINNAMYL
SUBSTITUTED
PLATINUM
DIARYL
PENTADIENES
PALLADIUM
TRANSITION
HYDROXYL

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SELECTIVE CLEAVAGE OF C–O BONDS IN ESTERS THROUGH OXIDATIVE ADDITION TO NICKEL(0) COMPLEXES
Chemistry Letters, 1976