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CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS

Iron-catalysed Suzuki biaryl couplings

Although the replacement of palladium with iron in metal-catalysed cross-couplings continues apace, the Suzuki synthesis of biaryls — arguably the most widely used class of such C–C bond formations — has remained elusive. Now, by use of a π-coordinating directing group, another step has been taken toward iron-catalysed Suzuki reactions.

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Fig. 1: Directed iron-catalysed Suzuki cross-couplings.

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Wu, G., Jacobi von Wangelin, A. Iron-catalysed Suzuki biaryl couplings. Nat Catal 1, 377–378 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0096-3

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