Stille Coupling Involving Bulky Groups Feasible with Gold Cocatalyst

Abstract

Gold shuttle: Bulky groups, which will not (or only very sluggishly) undergo Stille coupling with stannanes and inexpensive ligands, can be efficiently coupled using bimetallic catalysis. A gold cocatalyst serves as an efficient shuttle to convey the bulky group from tin to palladium by reducing the steric crowding in the transition-states (see scheme). As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.