Figure 1: Advances in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction.
From: Iterative protecting group-free cross-coupling leading to chiral multiply arylated structures

(a) Classical Suzuki–Miyaura reaction for the formation of C–C bonds between aryl or alkenyl electrophiles and aryl or alkenyl organoboron nucleophiles. (b) Selected examples of molecules prepared by enantiospecific Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. (c) Iterative coupling concept employing the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction as the key structure-building component. (d) This work: chemoselective, protecting group-free cross-coupling of multiply borylated organic compounds, including the coupling of chiral, enantioenriched B–C bonds.