No base is necessary: Excellent yields are produced on addition of organoboronic acids to alkynes under mild reaction conditions when palladium compounds are used as catalysts (see scheme). Unlike the Suzuki-type cross-coupling reaction, the current reaction occurs in an acidic medium.
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