Heck coupling microwave-enhanced

Another significant point of interest in the microwave enhanced Heck reaction is the asymmetric induction. A highly modular library of readily available phosphate oxazoline ligands was applied in the Pd-catalyzed asymmetric Heck reactions of several substrates and triflates under thermal and microwave conditions. Both enantiomers of the Heck coupling products showed excellent regioselective and enanti-oselective activities (Mazuela et al., 2010). 

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