Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropanol-derived ketone homoenolates with aryl bromides.

The cross-coupling reaction of cyclopropanol-derived ketone homoenolates bearing β-hydrogens with aryl and hetaryl bromides has been achieved for the first time. This reaction is high yielding, is broad in scope and uses a simple catalytic system. Notably, the proposed palladium homoenolates do not undergo β-hydride elimination to the corresponding α,β-unsaturated ketones.