A method for the palladium on carbon (Pd/C) catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between aryl halides and trialkoxy(aryl)silanes in the presence of a small amount of water is established using tris(4-fluorophenyl)phosphine as the ligand. A range of biaryl compounds is prepared using this protocol.
Key words
palladium - cross-coupling - heterogeneous - silicon - biaryls