The Heck Coupling in Combination with Other Reactions

The Heck Coupling in Combination with Other Reactions 

As the Heck reaction protocol is quite robust to the presence of various electrophihc and nucleophilic functional groups and reagents, its combination with other reaction types is highly appealing. The one-pot performance of a Heck reaction and a catalytic hydrogenation is definitely one of the most useful approaches to P-aryl-substituted esters and nitriles (Section 8.8). 

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