Figure 2.

Transition-metal-catalyzed transformations of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ethers. (a) Suzuki coupling; (b) Sogonashira coupling; (c) Suzuki coupling; (d) Ullmann coupling; (e) carbonylation; (f) C−H activation; (g) Buchwald−Hartwig coupling. PPh3: triphenylphosphine; TMHD: 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione; dppf: 1,1′-ferrocenediyl-bis(diphenylphosphine); Xantphos: 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethylxan-thene.