Efficient copper-catalyzed sonogashira couplings of aryl halides with terminal alkynes in water

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0030-1259542

An efficient copper-catalyzed method has been developed for Sonogashira couplings of aryl halides with terminal alkynes in water. The protocol uses inexpensive CuBr as the catalyst, 1,10-phenanthroline as the ligand, tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as the phase-transfer catalyst, environmentally friendly water as the solvent, and various internal alkynes were synthesized in good to excellent yields. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.