protocol for the construction of 9-(diorganomethylidene)fluorenes through palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of 2-iodobiphenyls with alkenyl bromides has been reported. The reaction proceeds through the C–H activation/oxidative addition/reduction elimination/intramolecular Heck coupling reaction to afford a series of 9-(diorganomethylidene)fluorenes with good yields. Control experiments demonstrate that
Palladium-catalyzeddoublecross-couplingreactions of 1,1-bis(pinacolato)borylalk-1-enes with 2,2′-dibromobiaryls and of 9-stannafluorenes with 1,1-dibromoalk-1-enes have been demonstrated to serve as new synthetic methods for dibenzofulvenes.