An extremely active and general catalyst for Suzuki coupling reaction of unreactive aryl chlorides

Org Lett. 2011 Jan 21;13(2):252-5. doi: 10.1021/ol102677r. Epub 2010 Dec 13.

Abstract

β-Diketiminatophosphane Pd complex 2a acted as a powerful catalyst which allows easy access to the Suzuki coupling reaction of less reactive aryl chlorides under mild conditions. A wide range of sterically hindered and deactivated aryl chlorides could be efficiently coupled at a low catalyst loading of 0.1 mol %. Furthermore, this catalytic system also proved to be highly effective in one-pot multiple couplings.