Allylic substitutions arylboronic acids

Powell, Maki, and Fu reported a Ni-catalyzed tandem radical 5-exo cyclization/ Stille coupling reaction (Fig. 19) [75]. When allylic bromo ethers 80 were subjected to a reaction with trichlorophenylstannane 81a in the presence of 10 mol% NiCl2 and 15 mol% of bipy 26, bicyclic phenyl-substituted products 82 were isolated in 57-67% yield and moderate to excellent endo-diastereoselectivity. Suzuki-Miyaura-type coupling reactions of 80 with arylboronic acids 81b worked similarly in 69-87%... 

When propargyl allyl ethers are subjected to transition metal-catalyzed enyne cyclization reactions, 3-alkylidene-substituted tetrahydrofurans are usually formed. A useful variation of this scheme is the Pd(0)-catalyzed tandem enyne cyclization/Suzuki coupling reaction with various arylboronic acids (Equation 90) <2005JOC1712>. The stereoselectivity of this reaction is explained by invoking a chairlike transition state. 

Cationic palladium-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to nitriles for the formation of benzo[h]furans was reported <06OL5987>, an example of which is illustrated in the following scheme. The palladium-catalyzed cross coupling of alkynes with appropriately substituted aryl iodides for the synthesis of substituted dibenzofurans in moderate to excellent yields was also achieved <06JOC5341>. The benzo[fc]furan core of heliannuls G and H were constructed by a palladium-catalyzed Ji-allyl cyclization reaction <06TL7353>. The palladium-catalyzed oxidative activation of arylcyclopropanes was applied to the synthesis of 2-substituted benzo[Z>]furans <06OL5829>. 

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