• Nucleophilic displacement of Br can be effected with Na alkoxides in NMP in the presence of CuBr: Tetrahedron, 48, 3633 (1992).
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For formation of the Grignard, conversion to the stannane and Stille coupling with an aryl triflate, catalyzed by trans-Dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II), 10491, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 553 (1998).