Ligand-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Suzuki Couplings of Vinyl Iodides with Arylboronic Acids under Substoichiometric Base Conditions

A ligand-free palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of vinyl iodides with arylboronic acids, permitting the synthesis of chalcones and α-branched enones, has been established. This reaction proceeds smoothly at ambient pressure and temperature, and works well even with a substoichiometric amount of base. Importantly, this mild, efficient, and operationally simple protocol is suitable for the late-stage functionalization of an epiandrosterone-derived complex molecule. platinum catalysis, vinyl iodides, arylboronic acids, chalcones, enones, Suzuki–Miyaura reaction