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Fluorometric study on the amine-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling

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Fig. 1: Preparation of material and fluorescence method used in this study.
Fig. 2: Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in the presence of amine 1.

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Acknowledgements

This work was in part supported by the US National Science Foundation (CHE-1955758). We thank B. Godugu (University of Pittsburgh) for acquiring high-resolution mass spectroscopic data. We also thank P.-O. Norrby (AstraZeneca) and R. Bedford (University of Bristol) for helpful discussions.

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K.K. conceived the study. J.K.V. prepared amine 1 and produced the data shown in Fig. 2. A.K.W. and E.I.J. produced the data in Fig. 1c and Table 1. All authors analysed the data and wrote the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Kazunori Koide.

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Statistical source data for standard curve using fluorometric method in Fig. 1c.

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Vinod, J.K., Wanner, A.K., James, E.I. et al. Fluorometric study on the amine-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. Nat Catal 4, 999–1001 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00711-0

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