Decarboxylative cross-coupling of mesylates catalyzed by copper/palladium systems with customized imidazolyl phosphine ligands.

The activation of the inert CO bonds in mesylates through the use of a new class of imidazolyl phosphines allows the decarboxylative coupling of aryl mesylates as well as polysubstituted alkenyl mesylates. Variation of the ligands leads to two complementary methods providing the corresponding biaryls and polysubstituted olefins in good yields. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.