Two-step, one-pot Ni-catalyzed neopentylglycolborylation and complementary Pd/Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling with aryl halides, mesylates, and tosylates

Org Lett. 2008 Nov 6;10(21):4879-82. doi: 10.1021/ol801972f. Epub 2008 Sep 26.

Abstract

Two-step, one-pot neopentylglycolborylation of aryl iodides and bromides catalyzed by NiCl2(dppe) and NiCl2(dppp) is reported. Electron-rich and electron-deficient aryl neopentylglycolboronates were efficiently cross-coupled with aryl iodides, bromides, chlorides, mesylates, and tosylates by exploiting complementary Pd/Ni and Ni/Ni catalysis. The borylation route was further extended to a three-step, one-pot synthesis of biaryls via in situ Ni-catalyzed borylation and Pd-mediated cross-coupling.