You're nickel'd pal! The first successful coupling reaction with the direct application of naphtholates as electrophiles (see scheme, X=halide) improves both the step economy and atom economy of cross-coupling reactions whilst decreasing the cost of preparing complex scaffolds from readily available phenol derivatives.
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