An efficient Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction was achieved in the absence of a copper salt or amine with an inorganic base and easily prepared, air-stable aminophosphine ligands in commonly used organic solvents; good to excellent yields were obtained. Under optimized reaction conditions, the Sonogashira coupling reaction occurred selectively when an enyne substrate was employed and no Heck reaction product was ...
[Heppekausen, Johannes; Stade, Robert; Goddard, Richard; Fuerstner, Alois Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 32 p. 11045 - 11057]