Nickel-Catalyzed Phosphorylation of Tosylates

Four new bidentate phosphine ligands have been synthesized, characterized and evaluated in Ni-catalyzed C-P coupling reaction. The readily available and inexpensive highly active sulfonate Ni(cod)(2)-L8catalyzes the reaction leading to the desired aryl phosphonates accumulated with moderate to excellent yields. This method is characterized by good functional groups tolerance, wide substrate scope, and easy scaling up.