Chemistry Letters, Vol.39, No.3, 208-209, 2010
Pd-catalyzed Dithiolene-Aryl Cross-coupling Reaction of Aromatic Cyclopentadienylcobalt Dithiolene Complex
[CpCo(dithiolene)] complex with a boronate group, which is formulated as [CpCo{S2C2(Ph)(Bpin)}] (1, Bpin = 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaboronate), was prepared from the one-pot reaction of [CpCo(CO)(2)], elemental sulfur, and boronated alkyne. 1 underwent Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions with 3-bromopyridine or 9-bromoanthracene.