title: Pd/P(t-Bu)(3): a mild and general catalyst for Stille reactions of aryl chlorides and aryl bromides.
abstract: Pd/P(t-Bu)(3) serves as an unusually reactive catalyst for Stille reactions of aryl chlorides and bromides, providing solutions to a number of long-standing challenges. An unprecedented array of aryl chlorides can be cross-coupled with a range of organotin reagents, including SnBu(4). Very hindered biaryls (e.g., tetra-ortho-substituted) can be synthesized, and aryl chlorides can be coupled in the presence of aryl triflates. The method is user-friendly, since a commercially available complex, Pd(P(t-Bu)(3))(2), is effective. Pd/P(t-Bu)(3) also functions as an active catalyst for Stille reactions of aryl bromides, furnishing the first general method for room-temperature cross-couplings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Adam F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Littke
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D002384:Catalysis; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000737:chemistry*; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010165:Palladium