Preparation of 1,3-Diarylpropenes by Phosphine-Free Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki-Type Coupling of Allyl Bromides with Arylboronic Acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00113a019

1,2-Diarylpropenes 3 featuring different substituents at the aryl rings are obtained in high yields by a modified Suzuki coupling between cinnamyl bromides and arylboronic acids using the phosphine-free Pd(dba)n (n = 1.5-2) as catalyst, in benzene and in