Technical Notes:

1.Catalyst for Grignard metathesis chain-growth polymerization of Poly(bithienylmethylene)s

2.Catalyst for neopentylglycolborylation of ortho-substituted aryl halides.

3. Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions of heteroaryl ethers with arylboronic acids .

4.Catalyst for carboxylation of naphthyl pivalates with CO2

5. Catalyst decarboxylative C-P cross-coupling of alkenyl acids with P(O)H compounds .

6. Catalyst for direct amination of phenols via c-o Bond Activation using 2,4,6-Trichloro-1,3,5-triazine as reagent.

7. Catalytic precursor for SuzukiMiyaura cross-coupling reactions in water under very mild reaction conditions:

(a) aryl-heteroaryl cross-couplings; (b) Hetero- heteroaryl cross-couplings.