Aryl Phosphoramides: Useful Electrophiles for Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Catalyzed by a NiCl2/dppp System (dppp=1,3‐Bis(diphenylphosphino)propane)

Suzuki–Miyaura coupling: We disclose a new strategy for phenol activation in the first Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of phenol derivatives activated by forming aryl bis(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl)phosphines as a highly efficient and broadly applicable methodology for the diverse synthesis of biaryls and heterobiaryls (see scheme). The use of readily available, stable NiCl2/dppp as the catalyst system also provides an important advance.