A new cooperative copper/iron catalysis
for the borylation of various
aryl bromides with pinacolborane, at −10 °C, is reported.
Use of the toxic, precious metal Pd is avoided. The mechanism of the
protodebromination side reaction is discussed

Elisabet Duñach (1652233)

Flavien Labre (1814665)

Pierre Bannwarth (1814668)