Synthesis of Biaryls through a One-Pot Tandem Borylation/Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction Catalyzed by a Palladacycle

The tricyclohexylphosphane adduct of cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine I exhibited high catalytic activity in the one-pot borylation/Suzuki-Miyaura coupling (BSC) reaction with low catalyst loading (2 mol-%). Various biaryls were obtained in good to excellent yields for 37 examples. This process was applied to aryl and heteroaryl halides (Br and Cl) containing a variety of functional groups and did not require an excess amount of phosphane ligand and the addition of the palladium catalyst in the second step.