Yang CT, Zhang ZQ, Liu YC, Liu L.* Copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of organoboron compounds with primary alkyl halides and pseudohalides. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 50, 3904-3907, 2011.

Keywords:alkyl halides;alkyl pseudohalides;copper;cross-coupling;organoboron compounds Non-activated alkyl electrophiles, including alkyl iodides, bromides, tosylates, mesylates, and even chlorides, underwent copper-catalyzed cross-coupling with aryl boron compounds and alkyl 9-BBN reagents (see scheme; 9-BBN=9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane). The reactions proceed with practically useful reactivities and thus complement palladium- and nickel-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions of alkyl halides.......