efficiently performed. The addition of various boronic acids to styrene, 2-vinylpyridine, and cyclic α,β-unsaturated ketones has been realized with high selectivity and yield. We have shown that m-TPPTC (tris(m-carboxyphenyl)phosphane trilithium salt) exhibited a higher reactivity compared to TPPTS. These couplings could also be conducted very efficiently under basic and phosphaneless conditions to give
The synthesis of a dimeric boryloxorhodium complex having the Rh–O–Bpin scaffold from the reaction of [(cod)Rh(OMe)]2 or [(cod)Rh(OH)]2 with an arylboronate has been achieved. The obtained dirhodium complex is converted into mononuclear complex [(cod)Rh(OBpin)(PPh3)], which reacts with arylboronic acid to afford the complex with an Rh-aryl bond via transmetalation from boron to rhodium. The dimeric