Table 2.

Cross-coupling of Allylbenzene with Aryl bromides.

entry	product	yield (%)[a]	entry	product	yield (%)[a]
1		91[b]	8		86[c]
2		88[b]	9		74[c]
3		97[b]	10		86[c,d]
4		81[b]	11		66[c,d]
5		86[c]	12		52[b]
6		85[c,d]	13		65[c,d]
7		83[c,e]	14		87[c,d]

^[a]Less than 4 % of the gamma products were detected by NMR and no Heck product was observed under our conditions.

^[b]24 h.

^[c]36 h.

^[d]6 eq. of base used.

^[e]Concentration is 0.3M