M. Beller et al., TANDEM DIAZOTIZATION HECK REACTIONS - A GENERAL-SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED STYRENES FROM ANILINES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(47), 1994, pp. 8773-8776
The palladium-catalyzed olefination of different anilines with ethylen
e is shown to proceed generally in good yields. The substituted styren
es were obtained highly selective in a direct tandem diazotization Hec
k reaction at room temperature under atmospheric pressure of ethylene
without concomitant side reaction to stilbenes.