Buchwald-Hartwig Cross Coupling Reaction

J. Louie, J. F. Hartwig, Tetrahedron Lett. 36, 3609 (1995); A. S. Guram et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34, 1348 (1995).

Metal catalyzed formation of an arylamine by a reaction of aryl halide of triflate with primary or secondary amine:

Application: S. L. MacNeil et al., Synlett 1998, 419. Review: J. F. Hartwig, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37, 2046-2067 (1998).