An efficient cross coupling reaction of various lithium alkynyltriiospropoxyborates
with a wide array of aryl iodides was catalyzed by Pt(PPh3)4-CuI in DMF as a solvent. These cross coupling reactions are general and permit the
new sp-sp2 carbon-carbon bond formation.
alkynylation - lithium alkynylborate - Pt-catalyst - Suzuki-Miyaura coupling