Table 2.

Alkyl-Alkyl Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Bromides (for conditions, see eq 1)

entry	Ralkyl—Br	R1alkyl—9-BBN	yield (%)a
1			75
2			77
3			80
4			75b
5			65b
6			82
7			82c
8			87
9			64
10d			79
11			81
12			29
13			93

^aIsolated yield (average of two experiments).

^bDiastereoselectivity: >20:1 (exo:endo).

^cRatio of trans/cis = 65/35.

^dEight equivalents of i-BuOH were used.