Practical synthetic strategies towards lipophilic 6-iodotetrahydroquinolines and -dihydroquinolines

• David R. Chisholm,
• Garr-Layy Zhou,
• Ehmke Pohl,
• Roy Valentine and
• Andrew Whiting

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1851–1862, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.174

• and 6-bromo-THQ 26 (synthesised using the optimised conditions for 21) were reacted under typical Suzuki conditions with boronic ester 27. Analysis of the crude 1H NMR spectra for the reactions indicated full conversion of the 6-iodo-THQ 21, but moderate conversion (56%) in the case of the 6-bromo-THQ

• selectivity for the DHQ over the corresponding THQ. Comparison of the reactivity of 6-iodo-THQ 21 and 6-bromo-THQ 26 in a typical Suzuki coupling reaction showed significantly improved conversion in the case of the iodide. The resulting biaryl 28 was found to be highly fluorescent, highlighting the

• addition of DIBAL to 20a.a DIBAL reductions of quinolin-2-ones 23a–e using the optimised method to synthesise 22.a Comparing the reactivity of 6-iodo-THQ 21 and 6-bromo-THQ 26 in a typical Suzuki reaction with boronic ester 27 to give biaryl 28. Supporting Information Supporting information features full

Effect of the π-conjugation length on the properties and photovoltaic performance of A–π–D–π–A type oligothiophenes with a 4,8-bis(thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene core

• Ni Yin,
• Lilei Wang,
• Yi Lin,
• Jinduo Yi,
• Lingpeng Yan,
• Junyan Dou,
• Hai-Bo Yang,
• Xin Zhao and
• Chang-Qi Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1788–1797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.169

• ), TBDT = 4,8-bis(5-alkyl-2-thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene) is shown in Scheme 1. The bithiophene building block, 3,4'-dihexyl-5'-iodo-2,2'-bithiophene-5-carbaldehyde (11) was synthesized by an ipso-substitution of 10, which was synthesized by a Suzuki coupling of 9 with 6, with ICl. The

Synthesis of highly functionalized 2,2'-bipyridines by cyclocondensation of β-ketoenamides – scope and limitations

• Paul Hommes and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1170–1177, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.112

• -nonaflation employing nonafluorobutanesulfonyl fluoride provided the expected 4-nonafloxy-substituted bipyridine derivatives 5a–g in moderate to good overall yields. The bipyridyl nonaflates are excellent precursors for palladium-catalyzed reactions as demonstrated by representative Suzuki and Sonogashira

• prepared by the methods described above are excellent and versatile precursors for transition-metal-catalyzed coupling reactions [32][53][54][55][56][57]. Standard conditions for a Suzuki coupling smoothly transform compound 5a and a boronic acid derivative into the expected 4-tolyl-substituted derivative

• the accidental chlorination of the picolinic acid precursor (Scheme 2) – offered the option to perform two subsequent coupling reactions in a controlled fashion. In the first step, the more reactive nonaflate moiety of 5g was efficiently substituted by a phenyl group under standard Suzuki reaction

Chiral cyclopentadienylruthenium sulfoxide catalysts for asymmetric redox bicycloisomerization

• Barry M. Trost,
• Michael C. Ryan and
• Meera Rao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1136–1152, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.110

• conditions with a desired primary alcohol. One such alcohol, 2-cyclopropylprop-2-en-1-ol, can be synthesized using a modified Suzuki coupling procedure developed by Soderquist [49] (Scheme 5b). A cyclopropyl boronate can be generated from propargyl bromide, 9-BBN, and aqueous sodium hydroxide. This reactive

• for chiral sulfoxide synthesis. (a) General synthetic sequence to access enyne bicycloisomerization substrates (b) Synthesis of 2-cyclopropylprop-2-en-1-ol using a modified Suzuki coupling reaction developed by Soderquist. Deprotection of [3.1.0] bicycles and X-ray crystal structure of 76. ProPhenol

The role of alkyl substituents in deazaadenine-based diarylethene photoswitches

• Christopher Sarter,
• Michael Heimes and
• Andres Jäschke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1103–1110, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.106

• position 8 of 7-deazaadenine. For the synthesis of these 8 compounds we used a convergent approach based on a central Suzuki cross-coupling reaction (Scheme 1). For the compounds with one methyl group (1a–d), 7-deaza-7-iodo-2’-deoxyadenosine was synthesized as described [48], while 7-deaza-7-iodo-8-methyl

• benzenesulfonyl chloride, resulting in a four-fold increased yield of 6 compared to the original route. The other part of the diarylethene, namely the cyclopentenyl bridge with the attached substituted thiophene ring was furnished as shown in Scheme 3 and activated as boronic acid pinacolate ester. Suzuki

• of the closed ring form was measured over 1 h. Synthesis of 7-deaza-2’-deoxyadenosine photoswitches with one and two methyl groups via Suzuki cross-coupling [45]. Optimized route for synthesis of 7-deaza-7-iodo-8-methyl-2’deoxyadenosine (9). Synthesis of the boronic acid pinacolate esters. Absorption

Cationic Pd(II)-catalyzed C–H activation/cross-coupling reactions at room temperature: synthetic and mechanistic studies

• Takashi Nishikata,
• Alexander R. Abela,
• Shenlin Huang and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1040–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.99

• ”), there was a noticeable drop in the extent of conversion. In addition, lower loadings of HBF4, silver salt, or the palladium catalyst also gave inferior results. In the case of C–H activation/Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions, the commercially available, pre-formed cationic Pd(II) catalyst [Pd(MeCN)4

• groups, as well as sterically hindered aromatic rings, all taking place at room temperature. Suzuki–Miyaura-type C–H coupling reactions are typically more tolerant of electron-withdrawing groups (3d, 3f, 3k) and ortho-substitution (3g) on the aryl ring. On the other hand, the reaction with 4

• Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions were applicable to a broader substrate scope than the corresponding reaction with aryl iodides, although the latter protocol remains appealing for a variety of cross-coupling combinations due to both the convenience of aryl iodides as substrates, and the use of water as

Bi- and trinuclear copper(I) complexes of 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic properties

• Shaojin Gu,
• Jiehao Du,
• Jingjing Huang,
• Huan Xia,
• Ling Yang,
• Weilin Xu and
• Chunxin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 863–873, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.85

• and platinum complexes containing 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands. The obtained palladium complexes displayed high activity in aqueous Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. We are interested in the synthesis and use of functionalized NHC ligands [20][28][29][30][31]. Herein, the synthesis

Synthesis and fluorosolvatochromism of 3-arylnaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium derivatives

• Phil M. Pithan,
• David Decker,
• Manlio Sutero Sardo,
• Giampietro Viola and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 854–862, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.84

• Pharmacological Sciences, via Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy University of Padova, Department of Woman’s and Child’s health, 35128 Padova, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.12.84 Abstract Cationic biaryl derivatives were synthesized by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of 3-bromonaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium bromide with arylboronic acids

• -arylnaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium derivatives and demonstrate that some of these compounds have fluorosolvatochromic properties. Results Synthesis The 3-arylnaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium derivatives 6a–e were prepared by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions with the 3-bromonaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium bromide (4

• -benzylpyridinium derivative 3 and the subsequent cyclodehydration [27] in refluxing HBr (w = 48%) gave the bromonaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium 4 in 57% overall yield (Scheme 1). The Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions of 3-bromonaphthoquinolizinium derivative 4 with the arylboronic acids 5a–e were performed under

A convenient route to symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted 3,5-diaryl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridines via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction

• Dariusz Błachut,
• Joanna Szawkało and
• Zbigniew Czarnocki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 835–845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.82

• substituted 3,5-diaryl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridines were prepared and characterized using the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction with accordingly selected bromo-derivatives and arylboronic acids. The reaction conditions were carefully optimized allowing high yield of isolated products and also the construction of

• leading to a number of different 2,4- and 2,5-diaryldimethylpyridines P3, P4 [25], 4-benzylpyrimidines P2 [26], and 4-methyl-5-arylpyrimidines P1 [26] was needed. For this purpose, we successfully used Suzuki and Negishi cross-coupling reactions between arylboronic acids/benzylzinc reagents and

• toluene/H2O (6:1) was initially tested. Recently, several ligand-free catalytic systems have been applied successfully in Suzuki cross-coupling reaction between various aryl and heteroaryl halides and triflates with alkenyl and arylboronic acids [40][41][42][43]. The evaluation of such catalysts

Syntheses of dibenzo[d,d']benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']difuran derivatives and their application to organic field-effect transistors

• Minh Anh Truong and
• Koji Nakano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.79

• -isopropoxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (iPrO-Bpin) gave boronate ester 7 in 57% yield. Then, terphenyl 9 was synthesized via palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling of boronate ester 7 with 2,3-difluoro-1,4-diiodobenzene (96% yield) and subsequent demethylation (95% yield). Finally, the

Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin reactions

• Rajeev S. Menon,
• Akkattu T. Biju and
• Vijay Nair

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 444–461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.47

• reaction conditions. An intramolecular cross-benzoin condensation between aldehyde and ketone moieties was developed by Suzuki in 2003. The isoxazole-fused cyclohexanone 51 endowed with an aryl aldehyde underwent a smooth cross-benzoin cyclisation in the presence of the thiazolium catalyst 19 and DBU

Spiro-fused carbohydrate oxazoline ligands: Synthesis and application as enantio-discrimination agents in asymmetric allylic alkylation

• Jochen Kraft,
• Martin Golkowski and
• Thomas Ziegler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 166–171, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.18

• benzylation, fully characterized and subjected to palladium catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with 2-pyridineboronic acid N-phenyldiethanolamine ester to give the corresponding 2-pyridyl spiro-oxazoline (PyOx) ligands. The spiro-oxazoline ligands showed high asymmetric induction (up to 93% ee) when applied as

• these compounds slowly start to decompose after 2 weeks at −28 °C under an atmosphere of nitrogen. Next, benzylsulfanyloxazolines 7 and 8 were subjected to copper-assisted palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura-type cross coupling with commercially available 2-pyridineboronic acid N-phenyldiethanolamine

• cross coupling of the latter under modified Suzuki–Miyaura conditions. The prepared ligands were shown to be active precatalysts for the asymmetric allylic alkylation of 1,3-diphenylallyl acetate with dimethyl malonate. The D-fructo-configurated ligands provided the (R)-enantiomer with up to 93% ee

Hydroquinone–pyrrole dyads with varied linkers

• Hao Huang,
• Christoffer Karlsson,
• Maria Strømme,
• Martin Sjödin and
• Adolf Gogoll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 89–96, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.10

• . achieved a total yield of 70% [11], however, their procedure relies on a Wolff–Kishner reduction of the corresponding acylpyrrole with hydrazine hydrate, making it impractical in countries where the use of hydrazine has been restricted by law [12]. As an alternative, the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction can be

• utilized for C–C cross coupling of benzyl halides with heteroarylboronic acids. However, in contrast to its use for the synthesis of thiophene and furane derivatives, it has rarely been employed for the coupling of pyrrolylboronic acids with benzyl halides [13][14][15][16][17]. We applied the Suzuki

• considered satisfactory because of the ready availability of starting materials and the modest reaction time of 4 hours. Since the starting materials in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling tolerate a wide variety of functional groups, facile and versatile combination of different dihydroxybenzyl halide

N-Methylphthalimide-substituted benzimidazolium salts and PEPPSI Pd–NHC complexes: synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions

• Senem Akkoç,
• Yetkin Gök,
• İlhan Özer İlhan and
• Veysel Kayser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 81–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.9

• -alkylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene and Py = 3-chloropyridine, were synthesized and characterized by means of 1H and 13C{1H} NMR, UV–vis (for 5–8), ESI-FTICR-MS (for 2, 4, 6–8) and FTIR spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. The synthesized compounds were tested in Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling (for 1–8) and

• with 4-chlorotoluene. Keywords: arylation; benzimidazolium salts; catalysis; N-heterocyclic carbene; PEPPSI complex; Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction; Introduction The use of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as ligands was started by Wanzlick [1] and Öfele [2] almost fifty years ago. There have

• complexes have been used in different coupling reactions such as Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling [22][23], Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling [24][25], Sonogashira [26] and arylation reactions [27]. There are suitable precatalyst scaffolds, which were developed by Nolan [28], Organ [21] and Buchwald [29]. To find

Recent advances in metathesis-derived polymers containing transition metals in the side chain

• Ileana Dragutan,
• Valerian Dragutan,
• Bogdan C. Simionescu,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Helmut Fischer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2747–2762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.296

• (PdNPs) affording highly active catalysts for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions. Cobalt-containing polymers The incorporation of other late transition metals such as cobalt into polymers soon emerged as an efficient and rapid method for the production of nanostructured materials of scientific and

Synthesis and photophysical characteristics of polyfluorene polyrotaxanes

• Aurica Farcas,
• Giulia Tregnago,
• Ana-Maria Resmerita,
• Pierre-Henri Aubert and
• Franco Cacialli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2677–2688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.288

• [2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-alt-2,7-fluorene/TM-βCD)] (3·TM-βCD) and poly[2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-alt-2,7-fluorene/TM-γCD)] (3·TM-γCD) polyrotaxanes have been synthesized. Thus, 3·TM-βCD and 3·TM-γCD have been obtained through the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of 2,7-dibromofluorene (1) encapsulated

• γCD [43][44][45], or TMS-γCD [46]. Therefore, 3·TM-βCD and 3·TM-γCD polyrotaxanes were synthesized by Suzuki coupling of 1 being in the form of its IC (1·TM-βCD or 1·TM-γCD) with 2 followed by the termination of the growing chains by bromobenzene, Scheme 1. To have the reference the neat copolymer 3

Synthesis of Xenia diterpenoids and related metabolites isolated from marine organisms

• Tatjana Huber,
• Lara Weisheit and
• Thomas Magauer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2521–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.273

• iodide 97. The following palladium-catalyzed B-alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling between the borane derived from alkene 98 and vinyl iodide 97 furnished a Z-configured alkene. Deprotection of the trimethylsilyl ether then afforded alcohol 99. A rhodium(II)-catalyzed O–H insertion reaction of the

• -membered carbocycle was realized via a B-alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Optimization studies of this key ring closure with different protecting groups on the lactol functionality revealed methyl acetal 135 as the most efficient substrate for this transformation. The challenging key step was

Versatile synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 3’-fluorinated purine nucleosides

• Hang Ren,
• Haoyun An,
• Paul J. Hatala,
• William C. Stevens Jr,
• Jingchao Tao and
• Baicheng He

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2509–2520, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.272

• ’-fluororibofuranose intermediate. Employing Suzuki and Stille cross-coupling reactions, fifteen 3’-fluororibose purine nucleosides 1–15 and eight 3’-fluororibose 2-chloro/2-aminopurine nucleosides 16–23 with various substituents at position 6 of the purine ring were efficiently synthesized. Furthermore, 3’-fluorine

• and Suzuki reaction conditions. To this end, 2-(tributylstannyl)furan was coupled with 6-chloropurine nucleoside 26 by Stille cross coupling [47][48] catalyzed by bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride in DMF (Method I) (Scheme 3). The resulting 6-aryl compound 30 was obtained in 91% yield and

• deprotected with a saturated solution of ammonia in methanol to give the desired analogue 5 with furan-2-yl substituent at position 6 of the purine base. Considering the possible toxicity of organostannyl reagents, we then utilized various organoboronic acids for Suzuki cross couplings [49][50][51] to

Comparison of the catalytic activity for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of (η⁵-Cp)Pd(IPr)Cl with (η³-cinnamyl)Pd(IPr)(Cl) and (η³-1-t-Bu-indenyl)Pd(IPr)(Cl)

• Patrick R. Melvin,
• Nilay Hazari,
• Hannah M. C. Lant,
• Ian L. Peczak and
• Hemali P. Shah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2476–2486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.269

• precatalysts for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. Even though allyl and indenyl ligands are similar to cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligands, there have been no detailed comparative studies exploring the activity of precatalysts of the type (η5-Cp)Pd(L)(Cl) for Suzuki–Miyaura reactions. Here, we compare the catalytic

• . As part of this work the Cp supported Pd(I) dimer (μ-Cp)(μ-Cl)Pd2(IPr)2 (CpDim) was synthesized and crystallographically characterized. It does not readily disproportionate to form monoligated Pd(0) and consequently CpDim is a poor catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. Keywords: cross-coupling

• ; homogeneous catalysis; NHC ligands; palladium; Suzuki–Miyaura reaction; Introduction The Suzuki–Miyaura reaction is a powerful synthetic method for forming C–C bonds between aryl halides or pseudo halides and organoborane containing species [1][2][3][4][5]. The most active catalysts are generally based on Pd

Half-sandwich nickel(II) complexes bearing 1,3-di(cycloalkyl)imidazol-2-ylidene ligands

• Johnathon Yau,
• Kaarel E. Hunt,
• Laura McDougall,
• Alan R. Kennedy and
• David J. Nelson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2171–2178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.235

• . The new species were fully characterised using methods including NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. When tested in model Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions, these complexes were found to be active for the cross-coupling of aryl bromides and aryl chlorides. Keywords: catalysis; cross

• NHC·HCl salt, rendering these species highly accessible (Scheme 1b) [10]. After the initial work by Cowley and Jones, various other researchers have disclosed complexes of this form and tested them in cross-coupling reactions such as Buchwald–Hartwig amination [11], Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling [12], and

• )] complexes in Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of 4’-bromoacetophenone and 4’-chloroacetophenone with phenylboronic acid (Scheme 4) [12]. It was therefore decided to study these reactions as part of our preliminary evaluation of these new complexes as potential pre-catalysts for cross-coupling

C–H bond halogenation catalyzed or mediated by copper: an overview

• Wenyan Hao and
• Yunyun Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2132–2144, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.230

• Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. The C–H bond activation process was believed to be initiated by the oxidation effect of the Cu(II) catalyst to give intermediate 54 which was further oxidized to provide cation intermediate 55. The deprotection of 55 gave finally the halogenated products 52

The simple production of nonsymmetric quaterpyridines through Kröhnke pyridine synthesis

• Isabelle Sasaki,
• Jean-Claude Daran and
• Gérard Commenges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1781–1785, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.193

• pathway [17][20], or a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction [21]. The use of triazine derivatives (which under particular conditions undergo an inverse Diels–Alder reaction) can also produce oligopyridines [22]. On the other hand, there are a limited number of reports dealing with the preparation of

Polythiophene and oligothiophene systems modified by TTF electroactive units for organic electronics

• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Neil J. Findlay and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1749–1766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.191

• -c]pyrrole (DPP) unit incorporated within the PT backbone [86]. The polymer 48 was prepared by Suzuki coupling polymerisation of diboronic ester 49 and dibromothieno-TTF 50 (Scheme 12). The latter was synthesised following the aforementioned synthetic pathway A. The incorporation of the DPP π

Pyridinoacridine alkaloids of marine origin: NMR and MS spectral data, synthesis, biosynthesis and biological activity

• Louis P. Sandjo,
• Victor Kuete and
• Maique W. Biavatti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1667–1699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.183

• phosporus pentachloride to prepare 4-chloro-8-methoxy-5-nitroquinoline and secondly with triflate anhydride, dimethylaminopyridine, and 2,6-lutidine to prepare 8-methoxy-5-nitro-4-triflylquinoline. The Suzuki cross-coupling was carried out on both quinoline derivatives in the presence of a palladium

Pyridine-promoted dediazoniation of aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates: Application to the synthesis of SF₅-substituted phenylboronic esters and iodobenzenes

• George Iakobson,
• Junyi Du,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1494–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.162

• C–H borylation of several 1-substituted-3-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes and applied the products of borylation to the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction with aryl bromides or iodides. However, the reaction is limited to borylations in position five of 1-substituted-3-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes

• [72]. Straightforward access to SF5-phenylboronic acids or boronates would be highly desirable since it would allow easy installation of the SF5-phenyl group by the subsequent Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. Nitro-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes are the primary industrial SF5-aromatics, therefore the easiest

• . Starting from aniline derivative 1b, a one pot diazotization–borylation sequence using different acids afforded the corresponding borylated product 2b in good yields (Table 3). Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of boronates 2a and 2b with aryl iodides using a simple system without any optimization