Pd-Catalyzed Heck-Type Reaction: Synthesizing Highly Diastereoselective and Multiple Aryl-Substituted P-Ligands.

In this work, an efficient palladium-catalyzed Heck-type reaction was successfully used to synthesize a wide range of monoaryl- or diaryl-substituted P-ligands with excellent yields and diastereoselectivity (up to 98% yield, dr >20:1). The preliminary mechanistic studies demonstrated that it possibly underwent a cationic Heck reaction that was assisted by silver salt, and it revealed the significant role of P(O)Ar2 for excellent yields and diastereoselectivity.