A new Pd-catalyzed autotandem process is presented by the reaction of tosylhydrazones of cyclic ketones and 2, 2′-dibromobiphenyls and related systems. The process involves cross-coupling with tosylhydrazone followed by an intramolecular Heck reaction and gives
[Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Shiokawa, Taiyo; Omote, Hiroki; Hashimoto, Kenichi; Morikawa, Osamu; Konishi, Hisatoshi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2006 , vol. 79, # 7 p. 1126 - 1132]
[Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Shiokawa, Taiyo; Omote, Hiroki; Hashimoto, Kenichi; Morikawa, Osamu; Konishi, Hisatoshi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2006 , vol. 79, # 7 p. 1126 - 1132]