T. Eckert et J. Ipaktschi, A NEW METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF METHYL ARYLPROPIOLATES BY DIRECT HECK COUPLING OF ARYL IODIDE AND METHYL PROPIOLATE IN PRESENCE OF K2CO3, Synthetic communications, 28(2), 1998, pp. 327-335
A protocol for the efficient direct cross coupling of esters of propio
lic acid and of aryl iodides with a Pd(PPh3)(2)Cl-2/copper(I) iodide c
atalyst system in the presence of K2CO3 has been developed.