Palladium catalyzed atom-efficient cross-coupling reactions of triarylbismuths with aryl bromides

Aryl bromides (3 equiv) were coupled efficiently with triarylbismuths (1 equiv) in an atom-efficient way using the Pd(OAc)2/PPh3 catalytic system in the presence of K3PO4 as base in DMF at 90 °C, providing excellent yields of the cross-coupled biaryls in short reaction times.

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