n-butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran; hexane under Ar; hexane soln. of n-BuLi (1 equiv.) added dropwise over 7 min tosoln. of tetrathiafulvalene in THF at -78°C; stirred (-78.degree .C, 1 h); soln. of Me3SnCl (1.6 equiv.) in THF added at -78°C over 10 min; stirred (-78°C, 1 h); warmed slowly to room temp.; stirred at room temp. for 1 h; diluted by addition of hexane; filtered through Hyflo Super Cel; filtrate concd. in vac.;

n-BuLi; (i-Pr)2NH in tetrahydrofuran N2-atmosphere; mixing (i-Pr)2NH with 10 equiv. of BuLi at -78°C, addn. to 2 equiv. of ligand, stirring for 2 h, addn. of 1 equiv. of Sn-compd., stirring for 30 min, slow warming to room temp.; in air; evapn., chromy. (Al2O3, hexane/CH2Cl2); product mixt. not sepd.,detd. by NMR spectroscopy;

tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(0) in toluene Heating;

tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(0) in toluene 5 h; Heating;