A Cu-diamine complex effectively catalyses tandem C-N bond formation on 2-(2-haloalkenyl)-aryl halide substrates, to deliver a series of N-functionalised indoles. Anilines, amides and carbamates are all effective coupling partners under the developed conditions.

The 11C-monomethylstannate prepared from [11C]-methyl iodide and Lappert's stannylene, was subject to a palladium-mediated cross-coupling reaction with an aryl halide under ligand-free conditions, to afford easily purified 11C-methyl(hetero)arenes in high radiochemical yields.

The copper-mediated aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions developed by Fritz Ullmann and Irma Goldberg required stoichiometric amounts of copper and very high reaction temperatures. Recently, it was found that addition of relatively cheap ligands (diamines, aminoalcohols, diketones, diols) made these reactions truly catalytic, with catalyst amounts as low as 1 mol% or even lower. Since t...

Treatment of N-allylacetamide with aryl halide in the presence of sodium t-butoxide and a palladium catalyst leads to arylative cyclisation to provide the corresponding benzyl-substituted oxazoline in high yield.

An efficient protocol was developed for the CuFe(2)O(4) nanopowder-catalyzed aryl-sulfur bond formation between aryl halide and thiol/disulfide. A variety of aryl sulfides were synthesized in impressive yields with good chemoselectivity and functional group tolerance in the presence of a catalytic amount of CuFe(2)O(4), Cs(2)CO(3) as base, in nitrogen atmosphere, under ligand-free conditions, i...

Trifluoromethyl-substituted arenes and heteroarenes are widely prevalent in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. As a result, the development of practical methods for the formation of aryl-CF3 bonds has become an active field of research. Over the past five years, transition metal catalyzed cross-coupling between aryl-X (X = halide, organometallic, or H) and various "CF3" reagents has emerged as ...

A palladium-catalyzed three-component reaction of N-tosylhydrazone, norbornene and aryl halide has been demonstrated. In this reaction, an intermolecular Heck-type reaction occurs, which is followed by the alkyl palladium carbene migratory insertion process. This transformation provides an efficient and convenient methodology for the double functionalization of norbornene with good to excellent...

A simple and mild process was developed for the highly stereoselective synthesis of halogenated bicyclic [4.3.0] and [3.3.0] γ-lactams, possessing four stereocenters, from easily available cyclic 2-enynamides. The reaction required only an inexpensive iron(II) halide under dry air and was tolerant of aryl, heteroaryl, and alkyl groups at the alkyne terminus.

The N-arylindole subunit is an important species in many biologically active and pharmaceutically important compounds, which display antiestrogen [1], analgesic [2], antiallergy [3], antimicrobial [4], and neuroleptic activity [5]. Although the traditional coppercatalyzed coupling of an aryl halide with a heteroatombased nucleophile, the Ullmann-type coupling reaction, has remained a standard m...

Experimental studies on the mechanism of copper-catalyzed amination of aryl halides have been undertaken for the coupling of piperidine with iodobenzene using a Cu(I) catalyst and the organic base tetrabutylphosphonium malonate (TBPM). The use of TBPM led to high reactivity and high conversion rates in the coupling reaction, as well as obviating any mass transfer effects. The often commonly emp...