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The cross-coupling of aryl chlorides and bis(pinacolato)diboron was achieved using NiCl(2)(PMe(3))(2) catalyst in the presence of metal 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxide. The catalyst smoothly provided the desired products regardless of a variety of functional groups and substituted positions.
Yamamoto et al. (Thu,) studied this question.