title: Structure-reactivity relationships in negishi cross-coupling reactions.
abstract: Competition experiments have been performed to determine the relative reactivities of substituted bromobenzenes and of different arylzinc reagents in the [Pd(PPh(3))(4)]-catalyzed Negishi cross-coupling reaction in THF at 25 degrees C. The cross-coupling reactions are accelerated by electron acceptors in the bromobenzenes, the effect of which increases in the order ortho <meta <para. On the other hand, electron acceptors in the arylzinc halides diminish the reaction rates. Hammett correlations show that substituent variations in the bromobenzenes (rho=+2.5) have a larger effect than substituent variations in the arylzinc halides (rho=-0.98).
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Bing
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manolikakes
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Knochel
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayr