Ruthenium-catalyzed arylation of 2-alkenylpyridines with aryl bromides: alternative E,Z-selectivity to Mizoroki-Heck reaction.
Regio- and stereoselective arylation of 2-alkenylpyridines with aryl bromides is catalyzed by specific Ru(II)-phosphine complexes affording beta-arylated (Z)-2-alkenylpyridines, in which the aryl moiety is introduced cis to the pyridyl group. This geometrical selectivity is in sharp contrast to the Mizoroki-Heck reaction. [reaction: see text]