Palladium-Catalyzed Carboiodination of Alkenes: Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation with Retention of Reactive Functionality

We report a palladium-catalyzed carbon carbon bond-forming reaction between aryl iodides and alkenes. In contrast to traditional cross-coupling reactions, two new bonds are formed, and all of the atoms in the starting materials are incorporated into the product. The use of a palladium catalyst with bulky phosphine ligands is found to be crucial for reactivity.