Maleczka R E, Gallagher W P
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Org Lett. 2001 Dec 27;3(26):4173-6. doi: 10.1021/ol016792z.
A new tin recycling method for Stille couplings catalytic in tin is reported. PMHS made hypercoordinate by KF((aq)) allows Me(3)SnH to be efficiently recycled during a Pd(0)-catalyzed hydrostannation/Stille cascade. Relative to previously disclosed protocols, reaction times are shorter and because this process is believed to proceed through a Me(3)SnF intermediate the hazards and problems associated with trimethyltins are also diminished.[reaction: see text]