Author(s)

Mohammad Al-Masum^*, Mohammed Shahidul Islam, Wejdan Shaban

Department of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA.

An interesting reaction procedure for the cross-coupling of potassium styryltrifluoroborates and amides has been developed by using PdCl₂(d^tbpf)-CuI dual catalyst system. By applying this method, good numbers of amide styrylation products are formed in 85% - 92% yields.

Amide Styrylation Reaction, Dual Catalyst, Microwave

Al-Masum, M. , Islam, M. and Shaban, W. (2017) Cu-Pd Dual Catalyst System for Amide Styrylation Reaction from Potassium Styryltrifluoroborates and Amides. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 7, 254-262. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2017.73019.