An efficient Pd-catalyzed silylation reaction of benzylic halides with silyboranate is reported. In this reaction, primary and secondary benzylic halides could react well with silylboronates to afford benzylic silanes. This...
kinetically inert in cross-coupling reactions compared to those of carbon–halogen bonds. Thus, developing methodologies for the activation of CO bonds in cross-coupling reactions remains a major challenge. We disclose an unprecedented nickel mediated cross-coupling of carbamates with silylmagnesium reagents that does not require the expensive silylboranes. Silylmagnesium reagents were prepared from either silyllithium