Negishi cross-coupling of secondary alkylzinc halides with aryl/heteroaryl halides using Pd–PEPPSI–IPent

Pd-PEPPSI-IPent has proven to be an excellent catalyst for the Negishi cross-coupling reaction of secondary alkylzinc reagents with a wide variety of aryl/heteroaryl halides. Importantly, β-hydride elimination/migratory insertion of the organometallic leading to the production of isomeric coupling products has been significantly reduced using the highly-hindered Ipent ligand.