| Abstract: | The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of phenyl fluoroalkanesulfonates with organozinc, organotin and organoaluminum reagents in the presence of lithium chloride takes place to afford alkylbenzenes in good yields. However, the coupling reaction with organolithium and Grignard reagents proceeds unsatisfactorily with poor regioselectivity. On the basis of the isolation of an oxidative addition product of phenyl fluoroalkanesulfonate to palladium, a catalytic cycle in the reaction is suggested. |
