Halides palladium-catalyzed coupling with alkyl

Alkyl substituents on boron in 9-BBN derivatives can be coupled with either vinyl or aryl halides through Pd catalysts.22413 This is an especially interesting reaction because of its ability to effect coupling of saturated alkyl groups. Palladium-catalyzed couplings of alkyl groups by most other methods often fail because of the tendency for (3-elimination... 

Reaction of the lithiocyclopropene 1 with 0.5 mole equivalent of zinc(II) chloride gave a solution of the organozinc species 2 which was stable even at ambient temperature. This underwent efficient palladium-catalyzed coupling to aryl and vinyl halides giving 1-alkyl- or 1-arylcyclo-propenes 3. ... 

Treatment of the (—)-menthone-derived 2/7-1,3-benzoxazin-4(3//)-one 202 with triflic anhydride gave the triflate 203 in quantitative yield. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of 203 with 2-pyridylzinc halide resulted in formation of an approximately 3 1 mixture of the 4-(2-pyridyl)-2//-l,3-benzoxazine 204 and a 4-imino-l,3-benzodioxane derivative 205 (Scheme 36). Compound 205 was formed by the isomerization of 203, which occurred with complete retention of stereochemistry. The 4-(2-pyridyl)-l,3-benzoxazine derivative 204 was applied in enantioselective allylic alkylations of 1,3-diphenyl-2-propenyl acetate with dimethyl malonate as a chiral ligand inducing a 62% ee in the product <2005JOM(690)2027>. 

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