1: With triethylamine; (1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene)palladium(II) dichloride in 1,4-dioxane T=80°C; 23 h; 2: 2-Iodo-benzoic acid ethyl ester; 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolane in 1,4-dioxane T=80°C; 16.5 h;

NiCl2(PMe3)2; TMSOCH2CF3; cesium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran T=100°C; 2 h; Inert atmosphere;

[Ir(OMe)(COD)]2/tris[3,5-bis(CF3)phenyl]phosphine in octane 80°C, 16 h, benzoate ester (5.0 mmol), bis(pinacolato)diboron (1.0 mmol), (Ir(OMe)(COD))2 (0.015 mmol), tris(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)phosphine (0.06 mmol);

3-chloroprop-1-ene; trifluoroacetic acid; cobalt(II) dibromide in acetonitrile Zn dust (1.5 equiv., acid-activated) , CoBr2 (0.1 equiv.), stirred for 5min with allyl chloride (0.3 equiv.), a soln. of aryl halide (1 equiv.) and a soln. 1 equiv. of B compd. added at room temp., stirred for 30 mi n, tranesterificated with pinacol; hydrolized (NH4Cl), extd. (diethyl ether);

NiCl2(PMe3)2; TMSOCH2CF3; cesium fluoride T=100°C; 1 h; Inert atmosphere;

1: bromobenzoic acid ethyl ester With sec.-butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran; hexane; cyclohexane T=-48°C; 1.52778E-05 h; 2: 2-isopropoxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane in tetrahydrofuran; hexane; cyclohexane T=-48°C; 0.000611111 h;

(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)Rh(.eta.4-hexamethylbenzene) T=150°C; 1 h; Title compound not separated from byproducts.;

in tetrahydrofuran T=20°C;

Pd(O2CCF3)2(dppe) in methanol T=80°C; 2 h;