Biaryls are important motifs in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and natural products.(1) Their construction using transition metal (TM) mediated coupling has become a major research area in synthesis,(2) with a rich heritage dating back over a century to reactions such as the Pschorr cyclization(3) and Ullmann coupling.(4) The importance of biaryl synthesis drives continual efforts at improving reaction efficiency and atom economy, with the area of C–H arylation ...
