Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboronic Acids with Organic Electrophiles.

Abstract

A review with 72 refs. The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of organoboronic acids with org. electrophiles is a mild, versatile reaction which is tolerant of a wide variety of functional groups on either coupling partner, is regiospecific and stereospecific, gives high yields of product, and is thus ideal for use in the synthesis of various functionalized biaryls. Many such biaryls, after, or even without, further modification of the functional groups, can undergo ring closure to tricyclic and polycylic compds. [on SciFinder(R)]