American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, 17(3), p. 2757-2759, 2001
DOI: 10.1021/ol0163629
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[reaction: see text]. Sterically demanding, water-soluble alkylphosphines have been found to give highly active catalysts for Suzuki coupling of aryl bromides in aqueous solvents. A variety of aryl bromides and boronic acids were coupled in excellent yield. Turnover numbers up to 734 000 mmol/mmol Pd have been achieved under mild conditions.