Organohalides reactions with

The Heck reaction, a palladium-catalyzed vinylic substitution, is conducted with olefins and organohalides or pseudohalides are frequently used as reactants [15, 16], One of the strengths of the method is that it enables the direct monofunctionalization of a vinylic carbon, which is difficult to achieve by other means. Numerous elegant transformations based on Heck chemistry have been developed in natural and non-natural product synthesis. Intermolecular reactions with cyclic and acyclic al-kenes, and intramolecular cyclization procedures, have led to the assembly of a variety of complex and sterically congested molecules. 

Although the Heck reactions of heteroaryl halides are now commonplace [76], few examples are found using organohalide substrates possessing a carboxylic acid moiety [77]. However, 4,5-dibromo-2-furancarboxylic acid (86) underwent a Heck reaction with ethyl acrylate to afford diacrylate 87 [78]. 

Boronina T, Klabunde KJ, Sergeev G. Destruction of organohalides in water using metal particles carbon tetrachloride/water reactions with magnesium, tin, and zinc. Environ Sci Technol 1995 29 1511-1517. 

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