The Kumada-Tamao-Corriu Coupling Reaction Catalyzed by Rhodium-Aluminum Bimetallic Complexes

Org Lett. 2022 Apr 29;24(16):3075-3079. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01060. Epub 2022 Apr 15.

Abstract

Rhodium-aluminum bimetallic complexes catalyze the Kumada-Tamao-Corriu (KTC) cross-coupling reaction using arylmagnesium compounds that are generated from the corresponding aryl fluorides or chlorides in situ by these catalysts. This method allows the challenging KTC coupling reaction to be carried out using aryl fluorides as nucleophiles, which affords various biaryls.