title: Regioselective Suzuki couplings of non-symmetric dibromobenzenes: alkenes as regiochemical control elements.
abstract: The regiochemical outcome of Suzuki couplings of non-symmetric dibromobenzenes is investigated. Selectivities are dependent on the proximity of the bromine atom to alkene substituents, not on steric or electronic effects. Extension to a one-pot three-component Suzuki reaction leads to efficient terphenyl syntheses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, 153 Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA. christopher.beaudry@oregonstate.edu.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Marshall D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Beaudry