SHORTPAPER	Synthesis 2001: 2231-2233 DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18435
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryltriethoxysilanes with Aryl Bromides under Basic Aqueous Conditions
Miki Murata*, Ryuta Shimazaki, Shinji Watanabe, Yuzuru Masuda*
Department of Materials Science, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami 090-8507, Japan Fax: +81(157)264973; e-Mail: masuda-yuzuru/mtrl@king.cc.kitami-it.ac.jp;
Received 22 August 2001

Abstract

Aryltriethoxysilanes were cross-coupled with aryl bromides in high yield in the presence of a palladium catalyst and aqueous sodium hydroxide.

Key words

siloxane derivatives - cross-coupling - palladium catalyst - aryl bromides - biaryls