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No loss, no gain: In the synthesis of biaryls either the electrophilic or nucleophilic partner can be replaced by a substrate with a carbon-based leaving group (see scheme). Whereas replacing the electrophilic unit is not worthwhile, the use of nucleophiles with a C-based leaving group has decisive advantages.
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Bonesi et al. (2008) studied this question.
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