posted on 2000-12-06, 00:00authored byGabriela A. Grasa, Steven P. Nolan
A Pd(OAc)2/imidazolium chloride system has been used to mediate the catalytic cross-coupling of aryl halides with organostannanes. The
imidazolium salt IPr·HCl (IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene) in combination with TBAF (nBu4NF) was found to be most
effective for the cross-coupling of aryl bromides and electron-deficient aryl chlorides with aryl and vinyl stannanes.