Copper-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of aryl halides with alkynyl carboxylic acids performed in water

Tingyi Li, Peng Sun, Hailong Yang, Yan Zhu, Hong Yan, Linhua Lu, Jincheng Mao

Tetrahedron

Volume 68, Issue 32, 12 August 2012, Pages 6413–6419

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2012.06.003