A highly active catalyst system for the heteroarylation of acetone has been identified. The coupling between the in situ generated tributyltin enolate of acetone and a variety of heteroaromatic bromides, chlorides, and triflates in the presence of this catalyst system provided arylacetones in good yields.
[Amatore, Christian; Oturan, Mehmet A.; Pinson, Jean; Saveant, Jean-Michel; Thiebault, Andre Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1985 , vol. 107, p. 3451 - 3459]