An Improvement of Nickel Catalyst for Cross-coupling Reaction of Arylboronic Acids with Aryl Carbonates by Using a Ferrocenyl Bisphosphine Ligand

Aryl carbonates work as electrophilic substrates for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in the presence of the nickel catalyst, which is generated from [Ni(cod)(2)] and ferrocenyl bisphosphine, DCyPF. The nickel catalyst allowed the cross-coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with non-benzo-fused aryl carbonates as well as naphthyl substrates.