Direct Arylation of Substituted Pyridines with Arylboronic Acids Catalyzed by Iron(II) Oxalate

The direct arylation of substituted pyridines with several arylboronic acids has been developed. This transformation could proceed readily at ambient temperature using inexpensive reagents: iron(II) oxalate as a catalyst, potassium persulfate as a co-oxidant, which can afford the arylated products in mild to good yields. The mechanism is presumed to proceed through a nucleophilic radical addition to the pyridines with in situ reoxidation.