Nickel-Catalyzed Stereoselective Diarylation of Alkenylarenes.
Pin GaoLiang-An ChenM Kevin BrownPublished in: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2018)
A three-component coupling of aryl bromides, arylboron reagents, and alkenylarenes is presented. The method tolerates a variety of substitution patterns on all of the components. In particular, 1,2-disubstituted alkenylarenes are suitable and undergo highly diastereoselective diarylation.