Optimizing the Heck-Matsuda Reaction in Flow with a Constraint-Adapted Direct Search Algorithm

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Optimizing the Heck-Matsuda Reaction in Flow with a

Constraint-Adapted Direct Search Algorithm

Daniel Cortes-Borda, Ksenia V. Kutonova, Corentin Jamet, Marina E.

Trusova, Francoise Zammattio, Charlotte Truchet, Mireia Rodriguez-Zubiri,

Francois-Xavier Felpin

To cite this version:

Daniel Cortes-Borda, Ksenia V. Kutonova, Corentin Jamet, Marina E. Trusova, Francoise Zammattio, et al.. Optimizing the Heck-Matsuda Reaction in Flow with a Constraint-Adapted Direct Search Algorithm. Organic Process Research and Development, American Chemical Society, 2016, 20 (11), pp.1979-1987. �10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00310�. �hal-02141343�

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