Rhodium-catalysed arylation of aldehydes with arylstannanes

Abstract

Aryltrimethylstannanes react with aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a cationic rhodium complex, [Rh(cod)(MeCN)₂]BF₄, affording the corresponding arylated secondary alcohols in good yields.

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