The palladium-catalyzed conversion of aryl and vinyl triflates to aryl and vinyl halides (bromides and chlorides) has been developed using dialkylbiaryl phosphine ligands. A variety of aryl, heteroaryl, and vinyl halides can be prepared via this method in good to excellent yields.

A catalyst based on a new biarylphosphine ligand (3) for the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of amides and aryl chlorides is described. This system shows the highest turnover frequencies reported to date for these reactions, especially for aryl chloride substrates bearing an ortho substituent. An array of amides and aryl chlorides were successfully reacted in good to excellent yields.

To date, examples of α-arylation of carboxylic acids remain scarce. Using a deprotonative cross-coupling process (DCCP), a method for palladium-catalyzed γ-arylation of aryl acetic acids with aryl halides has been developed. This protocol is applicable to a wide range of aryl bromides and chlorides. A procedure for the palladium-catalyzed α-arylation of styryl acetic acids is also described.

This paper highlights Ni-catalyzed allylation of electron-rich aryl bromides with a variety of substituted allylic carbonates using zinc as the terminal reductant, affording E-alkenes regioselectively in good to excellent yields by the addition of aryl to the less hindered allylic carbon. The electron-deficient aryl bromides and chlorides are also highly efficient coupling partners.

A catalyst, based on a biarylphosphine ligand, for the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of amides and aryl mesylates is described. This system allows an array of aryl and heteroaryl mesylates to be transformed into the corresponding N-aryl amides in moderate to excellent yields.

The course of reaction of aryl and heteroaryl sulfonamides with diphenylcarbonate (DPC) and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) was found to depend on the pKa of the sulfonamide used. Aryl sulfonamides with pKa approximately 10 gave 4-dimethylamino-pyridinium arylsulfonyl-carbamoylides, while the more acidic heteroaryl sulfonamides (pKa approximately 8) furnished 4-dimethylaminopyridinium heteroaryl...

an efficient and environmentally benign   method for the synthesis of aryl iodides have been developed by diazotization of aromatic amines with nano2 and nanosilica periodic acid (nano-spia) as a green catalyst via grinding followed by a sandmeyer iodination by ki under solvent-free conditions at room temperature. the ensuing aryl diazonium salts supported on nano-spia were sufficiently stable ...

Using highly stable, readily accessible, and recyclable 2-(2-hydroxyprop-2-yl)cyclohexyl-substituted arylsilanes activated by a mild carbonate base, nickel-catalysed silicon-based aryl-aryl cross-coupling reaction proceeds for the first time with inexpensive aryl chlorides and tosylates in a highly chemoselective manner.

A facile and efficient protocol for palladium-catalyzed ortho-acylation of 2-aryl pyridines was developed. Note that this acylation utilized arylmethyl amines as new, cheap and readily available acylation reagents and exhibited high regioselectivity for 2-aryl pyridines bearing a meta-substituent in the aryl ring moiety.