On the catalytic cycle of the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alkynylstannane with aryl iodide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01121-0

The coupling reaction of phenylethynyltributyltin with (4-trifluoromethyl)iodobenzene catalyzed by a Pd(0) complex coordinated by N-(2-diphenylphosphinobenzylidene)-2-phenylethylamine was found to start with oxidative addition of the tin reagent to the Pd