L. I. Sukhomlinova

Palladium-catalyzed arylation of styrene and acrylic acid in water

Abstract Palladium-catalyzed arylations of styrene and acrylic acid are shown to occur in the presence of base (Na2CO3 or K2CO3) in pure water using simple palladium compounds as catalyst precursors.

Nucleophilic substitution in the 10,11-dihydrodibenz[b,f]iodepinium cation

Abstract10,11-Dihydrodibenz[b,f]iodepinium tetrafluoroborate gave only 1-(2-azidophenyl)-2-(2-iodophenylethane with the N3− in aqueous DMSO, while with NO2− it gave 1-(2-nitrophenyl)-2-(2-iodophenyl)ethane (93%), 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (5%), and traces of phenanthrene. Both in pure and aqueous DMSO this cation with the Br− ion was converted into phenanthrene (80% and 68% respectively) and 1-(2-bromophenyl)-2-(2-iodophenyl)ethane (10 and 20%), while in water it gave 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (75%) and phenanthrene (5%). A new route for the synthesis of 1-(2-aminophenyl)-2-phenylethane starting from this tetrafluoroborate has been proposed.