All together now: Pd0/tBu3P-catalyzed annulative tandem reactions of 1,2-dihalobenzenes were carried out with hindered Grignard reagents. This new type of tandem reaction is believed to occur through cross-coupling followed by cyclization with C(sp3)H bond activation as the key step and allows one-step access to potentially useful substituted fluorenes in high yield from readily available 1,2-dibromobenzenes and 1-bromo-2-iodobenzene.
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