Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003-05-14

Room-temperature Hiyama cross-couplings of arylsilanes with alkyl bromides and iodides.

Jae-Young Lee, Gregory C Fu

Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 , 5616, (2003)

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Abstract

The first method for achieving Hiyama couplings of unactivated alkyl bromides and iodides is reported. The desired carbon-carbon bond formation proceeds under mild conditions (room temperature) with good functional-group tolerance.