Suzuki-miyaura cross-coupling of 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenes with 9-alkyl-9-BBN.

We addressed an unexplored application of the Suzuki-Miyaura protocol to the cross-coupling of 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenes with 9-alkyl-9-BBN. The use of bisphosphine ligands with a large P-Pd-P bite angle allowed us to synthesize Z-chlorinated internal alkenes in good yields resulting from a selective monocoupling process, a recurrent challenge with 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenes. Moreover, these monochlorinated olefins could be further transformed providing stereospecifically trisubstituted olefins.