A palladium-catalyzed difluoromethylation of a series of heteroaryl chlorides, bromides and iodides under mild conditions is described. A wide range of heteroaryl halides such as pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazyl, funanyl, thienyl, pyazolyl, imidazolyl, thiazolyl, and oxazolyl halides were efficiently difluoromethylated, thus providing medicinal chemists an alternative choice for the preparation of d...

A wide range of 2-pyridyl and other difficult-to-access heterocyclic N-methyliminodiacetic acid boronates can be readily prepared from the corresponding bromides via a new method involving direct transligation of 2-heterocyclic trialkoxyborate salts with N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA) at elevated temperatures.

We report the Cu-promoted oxidative cross-coupling of αfluoromalonate half-esters and aryl boron reagents to deliver monofluoro α-aryl acetates under mild conditions (in air at room temperature). The reaction uses a simple, readily available monofluorinated building block to generate arylated compounds with functional groups that are not easily tolerated by existing methods, such as aryl bromid...

A simple and efficient method is developed for the chemoselective one-pot conversion of ethers (benzyl, TBDMS and acetal) to the corresponding benzoates by zinc triflate-catalyzed deprotection and benzoylation by benzoyl bromide. In the same reaction, methyl or p-methoxyphenyl glycosides are converted into glycosyl bromides that are useful in glycosylation reactions.

Allylbenzene derivatives are ubiquitous frameworks in organic chemistry. Herein is described an efficient copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction using vinylsilanes and benzyl bromides, leading to the synthesis of allylbenzenes. This methodology allows the use of cis, trans and 1,1'-disubstituted vinylsilanes as well as a large number of sensitive moieties.

The nickel-mediated cross-coupling of phthalimides with diorganozinc reagents proceeds via a decarbonylative process to produce ortho-substituted benzamides in high yields. In addition to tolerating diverse phthalimide functionality, including alkyl, aryl, and heteroatom containing substituents, this methodology proceeds smoothly with diorganozinc reagents prepared from aryl bromides and utiliz...