Cross-Coupling Reaction with Lithium Methyltriolborate

We newly developed lithium methyltriolborate as an air-stable white solid that is convenient to handle. The good performance of this triolborate for metal-catalyzed bond-forming reactions was demonstrated in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with haloarenes. Cross-coupling reaction of [MeB(OCH2)3CCH3]Li with aryl halides occurred in the presence of Pd(OAc)2/RuPhos complex in refluxing MeOH/H2O and the absence of bases